A gutter or channel, especially a roof gutter designed to collect and direct water flow away from a building.
From Old French cheneau, from Latin canālis 'channel.' The word entered English through French architectural terminology in the medieval period.
Medieval architects obsessed over cheneaus because proper water drainage meant the difference between a building lasting centuries or rotting away—which is why you still see them on old cathedrals.
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