2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] ``Eaves of the hill.'' --Wyclif.
And closing eaves of wearied eyes. --Tennyson.
{Eaves board} (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with
a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of
a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little,
or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also
{eaves catch} and {eaves lath}.
{Eaves channel}, {Eaves gutter}, {Eaves trough}. Same as
{Gutter}, 1.
{Eaves molding} (Arch.), a molding immediately below the
eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
{Eaves swallow} (Zo["o]l.).
(a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of
building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of
buildings. See {Cliff swallow}, under {Cliff}.
(b) The European swallow.