It is a diminutive or a feminized derogatory of channel ("course or artificial diversion for water"). It is usually called a half-reed placed on the edge of the fall of a sloping roof, which in case of rain gathers and diverts the water that runs down the wing. But it can be to house cables, take out organic waste, . . .
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