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eave|iːv|
[Back-formation from eaves, treated as pl.]
Used as the sing. of eaves. Hence eave v., to provide with shelter under eaves; eaved ppl. a., provided with eaves; ˈeaving n. (usually pl.) = eaves.
1580North Plutarch 378 He hid the Money he had stolne under the house eavings. 1611Cotgr., Agouttis, the eauings of a house. 1710T. Ward Eng. Ref. i. (1716) 102 (D.) His hat..With narrow rim scarce wide enough To eave from rain the staring ruff. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 445 On these walls..is a large eaving to his house. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 402 Eave.—The skirt or lower part of the slating hanging over the naked of the wall. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. xiv. 151 The Eaved Cornice..as represented in the simplest form by cottage eaves. 1871Tyndall Forms Water §37. 258 The water trickles to the eave and then drops down. |