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Gutter may refer to:

  • Rain gutter, a narrow trough or duct which collects rainwater from the roof of a building and diverts it away from the structure, typically into a drain.
  • Street gutter, a depression which runs alongside a city street, usually at the curb and diverts rain and street-cleaning water away from the street and into a storm drain.
Street gutter in Old Town Stockholm

Sports

  • Gutters, in bowling and table shuffleboard, the trough hazards on either side of the playing lane into which the bowling ball or shuffleboard puck may fall, but if the puck falls an esay climb in and get can be done.

Design and printing

  • Gutter, in editorial design, the blank space at which two pages come together in a two-page spread.
  • Gutter, in typography, the blank space between facing pages. The space between columns of printed text, known as the alley, is sometimes also referred to as the gutter.
  • Gutter, in comics, the space between the panels of a comic strip or comic book page.
  • Gutter (philately), the space between panes of postage stamps that creates configurations of "gutter pairs" or "gutter blocks".
  • Gutter, in interface design, the blank spaces that separate rows and columns in screen. Sometimes uses a small graphic file which has the background color to make space for layout.
  • Gutter, in Grid (page layout), is the blank space between a column or row.

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