bargeboard

[bahrj-bawrd, -bohrd]

barge·board

[bahrj-bawrd, -bohrd]
noun
a board, often carved, hanging from the projecting end of a sloping roof.
Also called vergeboard.


Origin:
1825–35; barge (of obscure origin) + board
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bargeboard (ˈbɑːdʒˌbɔːd)
 
n
Also called: vergeboard a board, often decorated with carved ornaments, placed along the gable end of a roof

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bargeboard

exposed board or false rafter running underneath the slopes of a projecting gable roof. Such a board is often richly decorated with carved, cut-out, or painted designs and patterns, particularly in late medieval Europe, in Tudor England, and in 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture in England and the United States.

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