Also called drop. Architecture. one of a series of pendent ornaments, generally in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the undersides of the mutules of the Doric entablature.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle Englishgoute, gutta < Latingutta a drop
British Dictionary definitions for gutta
gutta
/ˈɡʌtə/
noun (pl) -tae (-tiː)
1.
(architect) one of a set of small droplike ornaments, esp as used on the architrave of a Doric entablature
2.
(med) (formerly used in writing prescriptions) a technical name for drop (sense 2) gt
Word Origin
C16: from Latin: a drop
gutta in Medicine
gutta gut·ta (gŭt'ə) n.pl.gut·tae (gŭt'ē') Abbr. gt A drop, as of liquid medicine.