Definition of Gargoyles

1. Noun. (plural of gargoyle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gargoyles

1. gargoyle [n] - See also: gargoyle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gargoyles

gargle-factory
gargled
gargler
garglers
gargles
gargling
gargling fluid
gargol
gargouillade
gargouillades
gargoulette
gargoulettes
gargoyle
gargoyle cell
gargoyled
gargoyles
gargoylism
gargoylisms
gargyle
gargyles
gari
garial
garials
garibaldi
garibaldis
garigue
garigues
garis
garish
garished

Literary usage of Gargoyles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"... a buttress terminating in a niche with a mutilated female figure. A crocketed pediment and finial surmounts each buttress. Within the arch Gargoyles AT ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"St. George defeated a monstrous dragon ; other holy personages followed his example, and the times became very hard for gargoyles, ..."

3. How to Teach Art to Children: Grades 1-6by Tanya Skelton, Joy Evans by Tanya Skelton, Joy Evans (2001)
"Talk about gargoyles with students. Show pictures of Gothic architecture and gargoyles. ... Help students make gargoyles using a pinch-pull technique. ..."

4. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1907)
"The cathedrals cultivated and perpetuated this superstition, by the figures of malignant demons which grinned from the gargoyles of their roofs and the ..."

5. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"External Roofs—Corbel-Tables—Cornices—Parapets—Battlements—Gargoyles—Spouts. EXTERNAL ROOFS. As we saw above, the enemy which the mediaeval builders had ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Milanese gargoyles, "originating in the simple necessity of making channels for rainwater, became one of the most vivid and characteristic ..."

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