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Definition of eaves in English: eavesplural noun iːvzivz The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building. wild bees nest under the eaves in singular under the eave and the window is a workbench Example sentencesExamples - To accomplish this smoothly, place a straight edge down the slope of the roof overhanging the eave.
- Older units with asbestos roofs and low eaves are particularly unpopular.
- The doorway into the main dwelling was intact and the walls rose to the eaves.
- He stood under the eaves of the roof allowing the rain to give himself a shower.
- The woman led me into the small room under the eaves of the roof.
- They also build nests in unwanted places such as air vents and eaves of buildings.
- Consider fixing up some bat boxes too, high up on a wall, near the eaves of the house or in a tall tree.
- Flying above all this are the wide overhanging eaves of the low slope timber roofs.
- They often made their homes in the eaves under the roofs of houses where they would hunt the mice that dwelt there in great numbers.
- Its features include floors raised off the ground and steeply pitched roofs with deep overhanging eaves.
- Set your ladder against the house eaves so it extends a few feet above the roof.
- This bird was feeding young in a nest perched in the eaves of one of the temple buildings.
- Small windows under large eaves made this typical 1960s tract ranch house too dark.
- There are many new products on the market that will provide inlet air at the eave of the roof by bringing in the air from behind the gutters, through the roof sheathing, and under the shingle materials.
- The spatial containment of the outside room is supported by extending the eave and by the fireplace.
- Before man provided shelter in the shape of overhanging eaves, martins were cliff and cave dwellers.
- The design includes a hipped and gabled roof, deep eaves, a side deck, and a screened front porch.
- Being on a level near the roof where it sloped downwards, they were able to attach the thin cables that commonly referred to as lines by the small suction cup on the end to an overhanging eave and climb onto the roof.
- Overhang the eave by 1/2 inch and leave a space of 1/16 inch between each shingle.
- Large, flowery hanging baskets dangle from lamp posts and the eaves of buildings.
Origin Old English efes (singular); of Germanic origin; related to German dialect Obsen, also probably to over. In Old English eaves, then spelled efes, was a singular word, but the -s at the end made people think it was a plural, which is how we treat it today. If you eavesdrop you secretly listen to a conversation. The word was formed in the early 17th century from the old word eavesdropper (Late Middle English), ‘a person who listens from under the eaves’. Eavesdropper came from the noun eavesdrip or eavesdrop, ‘the ground on to which water drips from the eaves’. This was a concept in an ancient law which banned building closer than two feet from the boundary of your land, in case you damaged your neighbour's land by ‘eavesdrop’.
Rhymes beeves, Greaves, Jeeves, leaves, Reeves, thieves Definition of eaves in US English: eavesplural nounēvzivz The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building. wild bees nest under the eaves in singular under the eave and the window is a workbench Example sentencesExamples - To accomplish this smoothly, place a straight edge down the slope of the roof overhanging the eave.
- There are many new products on the market that will provide inlet air at the eave of the roof by bringing in the air from behind the gutters, through the roof sheathing, and under the shingle materials.
- The doorway into the main dwelling was intact and the walls rose to the eaves.
- Set your ladder against the house eaves so it extends a few feet above the roof.
- The spatial containment of the outside room is supported by extending the eave and by the fireplace.
- They also build nests in unwanted places such as air vents and eaves of buildings.
- Large, flowery hanging baskets dangle from lamp posts and the eaves of buildings.
- Small windows under large eaves made this typical 1960s tract ranch house too dark.
- Older units with asbestos roofs and low eaves are particularly unpopular.
- Overhang the eave by 1/2 inch and leave a space of 1/16 inch between each shingle.
- The woman led me into the small room under the eaves of the roof.
- The design includes a hipped and gabled roof, deep eaves, a side deck, and a screened front porch.
- He stood under the eaves of the roof allowing the rain to give himself a shower.
- Flying above all this are the wide overhanging eaves of the low slope timber roofs.
- This bird was feeding young in a nest perched in the eaves of one of the temple buildings.
- Being on a level near the roof where it sloped downwards, they were able to attach the thin cables that commonly referred to as lines by the small suction cup on the end to an overhanging eave and climb onto the roof.
- Before man provided shelter in the shape of overhanging eaves, martins were cliff and cave dwellers.
- They often made their homes in the eaves under the roofs of houses where they would hunt the mice that dwelt there in great numbers.
- Consider fixing up some bat boxes too, high up on a wall, near the eaves of the house or in a tall tree.
- Its features include floors raised off the ground and steeply pitched roofs with deep overhanging eaves.
Origin Old English efes (singular); of Germanic origin; related to German dialect Obsen, also probably to over. |