Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
A back-formation from eaves, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending as forming a plural.
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