eave

== English == === Etymology === A back-formation from eaves, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending as forming a plural. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /iːv/ (General American) IPA(key): /iv/ Homophones: eve, Eve Rhymes: -iːv === Noun === eave (plural eaves) (architecture) Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) [from mid 18th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English æven, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛːv/ === Noun === eave eve === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37