eave

American  

[eev] / iv /

noun

1. Usually eaves the overhanging lower edge of a roof.

2. Often eaves the overhanging edge of anything, as a hat.

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Other Word Forms

• eaved adjective
• uneaved adjective

Etymology

Origin of eave

before 1000; Middle English eves, Old English efes; cognate with Old High German obisa, Gothic ubizwa hall; above, over

Example Sentences

An additional Hungarian team of 15-20 rescuers will eave Hungary on Thursday evening on a military plane provided by the government and arrive at the rescue site on Friday morning, Kovacs said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2023

And cross blocking between those supports should be installed at least every four to six feet as rafters rise from eave to ridge; walls more than six feet high also need cross supports.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

Over the last two decades, Mike Madrid has battled Democrats, Republicans, Donald Trump and a pesky family of squirrels that assumed residence in the eave of his Midtown Sacramento home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

The power cable, motion sensor, and microphone visible here are designed to go under the camera, but when mounting under an eave they sit sideways.

From The Verge • Nov. 14, 2021

The first-aid box and the radio and the wire threaded out the window and through the eave.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr