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eave

  [eev]
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–noun
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME eves, OE efes; c. OHG obisa, Goth ubizwa hall; cf. above, over

Related forms:
eaved, adjective
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eaves   (ēvz)   
pl.n.  The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.

[Middle English eves, from Old English efes; see upo in Indo-European roots.]
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Eaves

Eaves\, n. pl. [OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, OSw. ops["a]-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See Over, and cf. Eavesdrop.]

1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.

2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] "Eaves of the hill." --Wyclif.

3. Eyelids or eyelashes.

And closing eaves of wearied eyes. --Tennyson.

Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath.

Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as Gutter, 1.

Eaves molding (Arch.), a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.

Eaves swallow (Zo["o]l.). (a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff. (b) The European swallow.
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Language Translation for : eaves
Spanish: alero,
German: überhängende Dachkante,
Japanese: のき
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