eaves
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /iːvz/
- The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i], page 16 ↗, column Ar.}} […] but chiefly / Him that you term'd Sir, the good old Lord Gonzallo, / His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops / From eaues of reeds :{{...}:
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- French: avant-toit, corniche
- German: Traufe, Dachüberstand, Dachüberstand
- Italian: gronda, grondaia, cornicione
- Portuguese: beiral, beirado
- Russian: карни́з
- Spanish: alero
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