EAVES

eaves

(noun) the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

eaves pl (plural only)

The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.

Anagrams

• seave

Proper noun

Eaves

A surname.

A hamlet in Woodplumpton parish, city of Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4937).

Anagrams

• seave

Source: Wiktionary

Eaves, n. pl. Etym: [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. opsä-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.)

Definition: 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,

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

– Eaves swallow (Zoöl.). (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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition