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Definition of Eaves
1. Noun. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
Definition of Eaves
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.
Definition of Eaves
1. Noun. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eaves
1. eave [n] - See also: eave
Medical Definition of Eaves
1.
1. 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. "Eaves of the hill."
3. Eyelids or eyelashes. "And closing eaves of wearied eyes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eaves
Literary usage of Eaves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Muhlenberg County by Otto Arthur Rothert (1913)
"2 Judge eaves recognized the great educational value of travel. ... 1 Mr. and Mrs.
John S. eaves were the parents of: (1) Sanders, who married Jane Short; ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The gutter or eaves, however, must be finished, at least on top, ... eaves,
CORNICES AND GUTTERS. 169. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF eaves, CORNICES AND GUTTERS. ..."
3. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1906)
"The gutter or eaves, how- €ver, must be finished, at least on top, ... The projection
and •finish of the eaves also have a very decided effect upon the ..."
4. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1900)
""Colonnades to the eaves." After a while you begin to ask questions, and wonder
why you have not known of this town before. The answers to your questions ..."
5. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"... home under the eaves of men's houses and ever leaving the homes they had built
to wander. Bend down your faces, ..."
6. The Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and by John Cassan Wait (1900)
"Easement of eaves-drip.—The right to discharge water from roofs upon adjoining
lands may be acquired by continued adverse use for the prescriptive or ..."
7. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1913)
"The covering tiles were stopped at the eaves by ... for which was doubtless
derived from the custom, still general, of tilting ordinary tiles at the eaves. ..."
8. Digest of the Law of Restrictions on the Use of Real Property by Claude Perrin Berry (1915)
"eaves, as violative of restriction against building. Where a restriction is placed
upon a lot to the effect that no building shall be erected thereon nearer ..."
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