In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building. The term originates from the French gargouille, originally "throat" or "gullet"; cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (for example, Spanish garganta, "throat"; Spanish gárgola, "gargoyle"). A chimera, or a grotesque figure, is a sculpture that doesn't w… (More on Gargoyle)