guttering adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of a small flame, flickering and about to be extinguished.Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled, And one arm bent across your sullen cold Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you, Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold — 1919 noun1 •Gutters, collectively. formsgutterings