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ˈeavesdrip, -drop, n.
[OE. yfesdrype, f. eaves + drip, afterwards refashioned after drop; cf. ON. upsar-dropi of same meaning; the Flem. oosdrup, according to Kilian, meant simply ‘eaves’.]
The dripping of water from the eaves of a house; the space of ground which is liable to receive the rain-water thrown off by the eaves of a building.
Chiefly used with reference to the ancient custom or law which prohibited a proprietor from building at a less distance than two feet from the boundary of his land, lest he should injure his neighbour's land by ‘eavesdrop.’
868Kentish Charter in Brit. Museum Fac-Sim. ii. plate xxxviii, An folcæs folcryht to lefænne rumæs butan twiᵹen fyt to yfæs drypæ. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. ii. 15 The lean demigod..had..to wait under eavesdrops. 1880Muirhead Gaius Digest 590 Rights of light, prospect, gutter, and eaves-drop. |