Usually means: Overhanging edge of a roof.
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  1. eave: Merriam-Webster
  2. eave: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Eave, eave: Wordnik
  4. eave: Wiktionary
  5. eave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. eave: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. eave: Dictionary.com
  8. eave: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Eave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Eave: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. eave: Encyclopedia

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  1. Roofing Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Eave)

noun:  (architecture) Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) [(architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.]

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