What is the Meaning & Definition of Gargoyle

The term Gargoyle supports various applications in our language, which will vary depending on the contexts in which it is mentioned. In the field of architecture, a Gargoyle is that part of a pipe, which appears usually adorned and whose main mission is to allow the evacuation of rainwater on rooftops or in sources. In the middle ages, the Gargoyle was an architectural element used, especially by the Gothic art in cathedrals and churches. Mostly, they assumed grotesque images representing men, monsters, animals, among others.
To be noted, that in these times, in addition to their original function, the Gargoyle, also had a symbolic function that had to do with the care of the Temple in question and the intimidation of sinners.
On the other hand, at the behest of the European medieval mythology, the Gargoyle knew how to hold a prominent presence representing an owning fanciful grotesque features. The material with which built them is was the stone and had a special predominance in the culture of the middle ages.
Also, the word Gargoyle is used to refer to the dried fruit of the linen. Flax is a popular plant that presents a use remarkable at the time of the manufacture of products widely consumed today, such is the case of the stem used for manufacture of fabric and its seed, flaxseed, which is used to extract oil and flour. Flax is a native plant of the region bounded by the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates.
And also, the term is used to refer to another plant, formally called as Hazel and better known as common Hazel corylus, a shrub of the continents European and Asian. Its fruit is popular hazelnut.