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GARGOYLE, or GURGOYLE (from the Fr. gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, cf. Lat. gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water; Ital. doccia di grande; Ger. Ausguss)

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 466 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GARGOYLE, or GURGOYLE (from the Fr. gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, cf. Lat. gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water; Ital. doccia di grande; Ger. Ausguss) , in
architecture
 , the carved termination to a spout which conveys away the water from the gutters. Gargoyles are mostly
grotesque
  figures. The
term
  is applied more especially to medieval
work
 , but throughout all ages some means of throwing the water oil the roofs, when not conveyed in gutters, has been adopted, and in
Egypt
  there are gargoyles to eject the water used in the washing of the sacred vessels which would seem to have been done on the
flat
  roofs of the temples. In
Greek
  temples the water from the roof passed through the mouths of lions whose heads were carved or modelled in the
marble
  or terra-cotta cymatium of the cornice. At Pompeii large numbers of terra-cotta gargoyles have been found which were modelled in the shape of various animals.


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