gutter
nounUK /ˈɡʌt.ər/
US /ˈɡʌt̬.ɚ/
A gutter is a long, narrow channel that carries rainwater away from a roof or a road.
The rain ran down the roof and into the gutter.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The low area at the side of a bowling lane where the ball can roll off.
His ball wobbled and fell into the gutter.
3. A poor or low social condition.
The family had been dragged through the gutter of poverty.
4. The blank space between two facing pages of an open book or between columns of text.
Keep the text away from the gutter so it stays readable.
5. To burn low and unsteadily, as a candle flame does.
The candle guttered in the draft from the window.