eavestrough means A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
1813 eaves-trough, 1817 eave trough, 1870 eavestrough, from eaves + trough.
noun
- 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 Cistern, down which the water runs, without being scattered by the wind, or blown against the wall, as to”