Thesaurus: eaves

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1. n. pl. 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. n. pl. Brow; ridge.
3. n. pl. Eyelids or eyelashes.
4. n. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
5. 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 (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.
6. The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, whichoverhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
7. n. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof