Eaves

n. pl.	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.
	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 Same as Gutter, 1. Eaves molding (Arch.) a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice. Eaves swallow a - (Zool.) 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.

Noun

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eaves - the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

ceiling, housetop, lantern, overhead, penthouse, plafond, ridgepole, roof, roof garden, roof-deck, roofage, roofing, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, shingles, skylight, slates, tiles, top

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