Gär'goyle, n.

noun

n. [Fr. gargouille, from gargouiller; Sp. gárgola. See GARGLE.] (Arch.) A spout projecting from the roof-gutters of buildings, especially of ancient ones, carved grotesquely, often representing human figures, or animals, or birds, of real or fanciful kinds. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle.]