eaved
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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It was only the residents themselves who enjoyed the proud privilege of pacing the Park unmolested, for at either entrance stood small eaved lodges in which were housed the two gardeners and their wives.
From Flaming June by Gilbert, A.
It is of stone, and has an immense gable roof, slated, and studded with eaved windows.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William
The fairy-tale cottage was whitewashed and its broad eaved roof was thatched.
From Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
How vast it was, how protected, how high, how eaved, how enduring!
From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire
In the former place, the only notice a stranger may get is having “arf a brick eaved at him,” or being “pinned by a bull pup.”
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
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