Definition of "eave" [eave]

• Eaves: the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building (noun)

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• "The chickens were convinced that the eave was their roosting niche."
• "Slopping down that paint as quickly as I could, I was working on a stretch of the roof called an eave, which I could barely reach, even on my tiptoes, when I came to a big, baggy-looking sack hanging stuck to a corner."
• "The light within the eave was a dusky twilight at the entrance, which failed altogether in the inner recesses."