eaves
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Is eaves a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.Examples: "Him that you term'd Sir, the good old Lord Gonzallo, / His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops / From eaues of reeds: […]"; "Thus night oft ſee me in thy pale career, / Till civil-ſuited morn appeer, / […] / Or uſher'd with a ſhower ſtill, / When the guſt hath blown his fill, / Ending on the ruſsling Leaves, / With minute drops from off the Eaves."; "By my window bowered round with leaves, / And down my cheeks the quick tears ran / Like twinkling rain-drops from the eaves, / When warm spring showers are passing o'er: […]"pluralplural-only
2. (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.Examples: "But after many strains and heaves / He got up to the Saddle eaves."; "The mystic glory swims away; / From off my bed the moonlight dies; / And closing eaves of wearied eyes / I sleep till dusk is dipt in gray: […]"broadlypluralplural-only
Definition source: Wiktionary