eavedrop

eave-drop

From eave +‎ drop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvdɹɒp/

eavedrop (plural eavedrops)

1. (archaic) an eavesdrop (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.)
   • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

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

• “eavedrop”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.