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Meanings of eave (eaves) in English

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Usage of eaves in English
1
An I mistake not, it is in reach of the stable eaves.
Men of Iron
2
He arranged his private work in the little room under the eaves.
The Man Thou Gavest
3
The window was high under the low eaves of the mud building.
The Return of Tarzan
4
To the south sparks were catching on the eaves of the houses.
The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
5
Yellow edgings of straw project under the eaves-thework of the sparrows.
The Open Air
6
Most of the buildings are steel framed with a good eaves height.
The Irish Times
7
The roof had a rather steep pitch in front with overhanging eaves.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
8
There were more tall statues set under the eaves on either side.
Drood: a novel
9
They build rows of mud tenements beneath the eaves of the barn.
Friends and Helpers
10
Under the eaves he sat sunning himself and gazing upon the sea.
The Coming of Cuculain
11
Water ran from the eaves and ticked the gravel at my feet.
Flash and Bones
12
The sunny eaves dropped a profusion of gems from the melting snow.
Nature's Serial Story
13
A solitary light glimmered from the low eaves of the Barrett cottage.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
14
Accordingly I returned to the vestry door, and again played the eaves-dropper.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
15
Pale icicles dispensed a procession of water drops from the diner's eaves.
The story of edgar sawtelle
16
He glanced up at the sheet of water pouring from the eaves.
Outlander
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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