GARGOYLE
- A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall
- an ornamental figure [n GARGOYLES]
- an ornamental figure, also GURGOYLE [n -S]
- Some of the exchange students were creeped out by all the gargoyles they passed during their walking tour of the old European town.