Definition of Eaes
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. 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.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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