A downspout or drainage pipe attached to a gutter system that directs water away from a building's foundation.
Compound of 'gutter' and 'spout' (from Middle Dutch 'spout,' meaning to spurt or gush). This is a modern technical term combining two descriptive elements for a functional device.
Gutterspouts are engineering poetry—they solve a deceptively hard problem: getting water from your roof to the ground without destroying your walls, which is why even ancient Romans had elaborate downspout systems.
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