ETYM French chute, prop. a fall.
(Homonym: shoot).
Sloping channel through which things can descend; SYN. slide, sloping trough.

1. A gradual depletion.
2. Emptying accomplished by draining; SYN. drainage.

ETYM Dutch groef, groeve; akin to Eng. grove. Related to Grove.
1. A long narrow furrow or channel cut by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record).
2. (Anatomy) Any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part.

Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour).

ETYM Old Eng. gotere, Old Fren. goutiere, French gouttičre, from Old Fren. gote, goute, drop, French goutte, from Latin gutta.
A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater; SYN. trough.