Gargoyle | Word Gargoyle at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

The old building had an intricately carved gargoyle on its corner.
She had learned that the word gargoyle, from the French, was related to gargouille, which meant “gullet.”
I'm not entirely sure this is a gargoyle from the French: to gargle as, to be one, it has to have a water spout in its mouth.
Behind the gargoyle was a door, presumably leading into the kitchen.

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Water will "gurgle" (water flowing with a gentle sound) from the mouth of the "gargoyle" (a carved stone figure). Note: Gargle means to medicate one's throat with a liquid medicine. ***This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

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