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Definition of Eaves

Eaves
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.

Meaning of Eaves from wikipedia

- The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang...
- Eaves is an English surname. Notable people with the name include: Allen C Eaves (born 1941), Canadian medical researcher Ben Eaves (born 1982), American...
- Look up eaves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eaves may refer to: Eaves, the edges of a roof Eaves (surname), a surname Eaves, Lancashire, a place...
- James Eaves (born 14 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Northampton Town. Eaves was born...
- Patrick Campbell Eaves (born May 1, 1984) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey forward. He pla**** in the National Hockey League...
- Mrs Eaves is a transitional serif typeface designed by Zuzana Licko in 1996. It is a variant of Baskerville, which was designed in Birmingham, England...
- Elisabeth Eaves is an author and journalist born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. On graduating from the University of Washington in 1996, Eaves worked...
- Eaves-drip burial refers to the medieval funerary custom in Britain of burying infants and young children next to building foundations in churchyard....
- rafters or trusses over the exterior of supporting walls, is the underside of eaves (to connect a supporting wall to projecting edge(s) of the roof). The vertical...
- Michael Gordon Eaves (born June 10, 1956) is an American former National Hockey League (NHL) player and the former head coach of the St. Olaf College...