eavestrough
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eavestrough
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1813 eaves-trough, 1817 eave trough, 1870 eavestrough, from eaves + trough.
noun eavestroughs · eave trough · eave-trough · eaves trough · eaves-trough
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A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.
Another contrivance worth mentioning, is, the manner of conducting the water down from an Eaves-trough or Lander, which is very common about Mansfield, on the edge of Nottinghamshire; it consists, in suspending a slight wooden rod from the end of the Lander, hanging down into the Water-Butt or Ciste
Similar: eavestroughing, eaves-troughing, gutter, rain gutter
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noun roof gutter
| Français | gouttière |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Regenrinne, Dachrinne |
| Italiano | gronda, grondaia |
| Русский | водосто́чный жёлоб vodostóčnyj žólob |
| Tiếng Việt | máng xối |
| العربية | مِرْزَاب mirzāb |
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