Assertion: gargoyle's purpose | /r/HasProperty | to drain rainwater
Facets:
value: from the roof
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: clear of the walls
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: However, the main purpose of gargoyles was to drain rainwater that may damage a building.
text: The purpose of gargoyles is to throw rainwater from the roof clear of the walls, to avoid damp.
text: Yes, as uninspired as that sounds, 'gargouilles' have been found as far back as ancient Greece and started out as nothing more than decorated pipes (the Greeks often used heads of lions or other fierce animals) whose sole purpose was to drain rain water off the roofs.
text: The main purpose of the gargoyle is to prevent rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.