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noun
A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.
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