eavedrop

English

Etymology

eave +‎ drop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvdɹɒp/

Noun

eavedrop (plural eavedrops)

1. A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
   • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     Then I rise, the eavedrops fall,
     And the yellow vapours choke

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “eavedrop”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)