eavestrough

1. (Canada, Upper Midwestern US, Western US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.Examples: "Another contrivance worth mentioning, is, the manner of conducting the water down from an Eaves-trough or Lander, which is very common about Mansfield, on the edge of Nottinghamshire; it consists, in suspending a slight wooden rod from the end of the Lander, hanging down into the Water-Butt or Cistern, down which the water runs, without being scattered by the wind, or blown against the wall, as too constantly happens, unless expensive upright spouts or trunks are used, to convey the water down, and which are very subject to decay."; "At 1 P. M. going into a back room I noticed that the water was falling from the eave trough of a kitchen, in which there had been no fire for some days."; "e, the eave-trough, hollowed, as usual, out of solid timber, and having the outer edge an inch lower than the inner."Synonyms: eavestroughing, eaves-troughing, gutter, rain gutterCanadaUSWesterncountableuncountable