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Synonyms for eave

Grammar : Noun
Spell : eev
Phonetic Transcription : iv

Définition of eave

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Southwest Midlands dialectal eovese (singular), from Old English efes "edge of a roof," also "edge of a forest," from Proto-Germanic *ubaswa-/*ubiswa (cf. Old Frisian ose "eaves," Old High German obasa "porch, hall, roof," German Obsen, Old Norse ups, Gothic ubizwa "porch;" German oben "above"), from the root of over. Treated as plural and a new singular form eave emerged 16c.
  • noun overhang
Example sentences :
  • The shadow of the eave of a roof can be obtained in the same way.
  • Extract from : « The Theory and Practice of Perspective » by George Adolphus Storey
  • Mark's is above—look, under where the eave hangs out, away to the left.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy
  • He hung underneath an eave of the soft surface and could not be moved.
  • Extract from : « True Tales of Mountain Adventures » by Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
  • At the end of a row of your brothers' nests, as the Eave Swallows do?
  • Extract from : « Bird Lore, Volume I--1899 » by Various
  • Why should he trouble to climb up the bank and bring down the eave of the cave?
  • Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
  • "Now when I says 'eave—'eave," Bindle admonished the porter.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins
  • Raggedy Andy said, "We will look around the bend in the eave!"
  • Extract from : « Raggedy Andy Stories » by Johnny Gruelle
  • From the day of his son's death until the illegal papers were found in the eave of his house, he had never rested one moment.
  • Extract from : « Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent » by William Carleton
  • There are the common barn swallow, the eave swallow, tree swallow and bank swallow.
  • Extract from : « The Woodcraft Girls at Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • My night was disturbed by the old Hamoumi chief choosing the eave of our tent just beside my ear to say his prayers.
  • Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent

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