Definizione monolingua

gargoyle

gargoyle (plural gargoyles)

1. A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
   • 1906, Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies?, page 110

     From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.

2. Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
3. A fictional winged creature.
   • 2005, Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes?, page 200

     Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyles momentum drove them both over the side.

4. (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.

Definizione dizionario gargoyle

	gargolla
	carved grotesque figure on a spout
	A carved stone with a spout designed to evacuate water from the roof, represented as a grotesque elongated figure.

	gargouille
	carved grotesque figure on a spout
	A carved stone with a spout designed to evacuate water from the roof, represented as a grotesque elongated figure.

	racchia
	Donna brutta o di brutto carattere.
	An ugly or ill-tempered woman.

doccione

Altri significati:

(slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.

Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.

A fictional winged creature.

tile with the figure of a devil

decorative figure on a building

fictional winged creature

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.