The eavesdrip's the width of ground around a house or building which receives the rain water dropping from the eaves. This's sometimes also known as the eavesdrop, but an eavesdrop's also a small, not very visible hole in a building used to listen in (to eavesdrop, as a verb) on the conversation of people awaiting admission to the building. Typically this would allow the occupant to be prepared for unfriendly visitors. Legal relevance By an ancient Anglo-Saxon law, a landowner was forbidden to e… (More on Eavesdrip)