eaves : Idioms & Phrases
Eaves board
(Arch.) , an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; called alsoeaves catch andeaves lath .
Webster 1913
Eaves channel , Eaves gutter , Eaves trough
- . Same as
Gutter , #1
Webster 1913
Eaves molding
(Arch.) , a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
Webster 1913
Eaves swallow
(Zoöl.) .(a) The cliff swallow; so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. SeeCliff swallow , underCliff .(b) The European swallow.
