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Eaves
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(not a plural form as is sometimes supposed, but singular; O. Eng. efes, in Mid. High Ger. obse, Gothic ubizwa, a porch; connected with "over"), in architecture, the projecting edge of a sloping roof, which overhangs the face of the wall so as to throw off the water.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Eaves'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/eaves.html. 1910.