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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

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.

Music

See also

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