"eaving" meaning in English

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      "form": "eavings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1855, Gideon Hiram Hollister, The History of Connecticut, page 428:",
          "text": "These outer boards lapped over each other, and were fastened to the upright and horizontal timbers by nails much larger than those now used in the roof-eaving.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The eaves of a roof."
      ],
      "id": "en-eaving-en-noun-BbBgTfsk",
      "links": [
        [
          "eaves",
          "eaves"
        ],
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːvɪŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eaving"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eavings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, Gideon Hiram Hollister, The History of Connecticut, page 428:",
          "text": "These outer boards lapped over each other, and were fastened to the upright and horizontal timbers by nails much larger than those now used in the roof-eaving.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The eaves of a roof."
      ],
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        [
          "eaves",
          "eaves"
        ],
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːvɪŋ/"
    }
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  "word": "eaving"
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