noun plural. The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.

Edge; border; margin.

Specifically The lower edge of a roof; that part of the roof of a building which projects beyond the wall and sheds the water that falls on the roof; hence, figuratively, any projecting rim.

noun plural. 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.

noun plural. Brow; ridge.

noun plural. Eyelids or eyelashes.

noun plural. 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.

noun plural. Same as Gutter, 1.

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noun plural. a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.

noun plural. The European swallow.

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

noun. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

"The swallow builds about the roofs of houses, under what we call the eaves, and sometimes in the corners of windows."

eaves trough  eavesdrop  

overhang  

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