barge course

noun

tiling on a gable roof beyond the exterior surface of the gable wall.

the tiles or slates placed on and projecting over the raking edges of a gable roof.

a coping of bricks set on edge, arranged transversely.

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Origin:
1660–70; see bargeboard

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barge course

—n
1.	the overhang of the gable end of a roof
2.	a course of bricks laid on edge to form the coping of a wall

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