gargoyle

gargoili, irvokas veistos kattokourussa

irvokkaaseen veistokseen päättyvä kouru A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
1906, w:Rafael Sabatini|Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies‎, page 110

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

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