Eaves /(?)/

Eaves

n. pl.
  1. The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof. (Arch.)
  2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.]
  3. Eyelids or eyelashes.
    And closing eaves of wearied eyes.

Phrases & Compounds
Eaves board
an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath.
Eaves channel
Same as Gutter, 1.
Eaves molding
a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
Eaves swallow
The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff.