Hebrews tsinnor, (2 Samuel 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs only elsewhere in Psalm 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered "waterspouts." It denotes some passage through which water passed; a water-course.

In Genesis 30:38, 41 the Hebrew word rendered "gutters" is rahat, and denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle (Exodus 2:16); drinking-troughs.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

2. (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

3. (n.) Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

4. (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

5. (v. t.) To supply with a gutter or gutters.

6. (v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.