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eave ‎(plural eaves)

Eaves: the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
- 2006 Feb, Jill Kirchner Simpson, “Building a Modular Home”, in Country Living, volume 29, number 2, page 51:
  Features such as shutters, eave brackets, transoms, a wraparound porch, and a pergola all help establish the style of this home.

the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building

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J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)