- plural of eave.
eaves
Example Sentences
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Around the base of the vents, he found a family of rodents and their droppings, along with gaping holes under the eaves of the roofline that allowed them inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Icicles hung from the eaves and snowplows navigated Frankfort’s narrow, winding streets after an unusually cold winter blast.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
At the new Palisades house, the roof and siding are fire-resistant, and the eaves are closed to prevent sparks from entering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Outside, its low-sloped roof, wide eaves, textured wood and brick surfaces, and its shaded porch set behind broad overhangs are welcoming and human scaled.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
All around the little house, in the Big Woods, there were little sounds of falling snow, and from the eaves there was the drip, drip of the melting icicles.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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