guttering

guttering (usually uncountable, plural gutterings)

1. Gutters collectively.

guttering

1. present participle and gerund of gutter

guttering

1. (of a small flame) flickering and about to be extinguished
   • 1919, Siegfried Sassoon, The Dug-out:

     Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
     And one arm bent across your sullen cold
     Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
     Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;