gargoyle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

   “From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.”

2. isim Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.

   “The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico.”

3. isim A fictional winged monster.

   “Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side.”

4. isim An ugly woman.

   “Above all, in what reckless moment had she encouraged that person and her gargoyle of a mother to move to Mayfair, and set up house around the corner?”