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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as bargeboard.
Wiktionary
- n. A barge board.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Arch.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see verge, n., 4), and in a position parallel to the gable wall. Called also
bargeboard .
Etymologies
- verge + board (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Lat. _bargus_, or _barcus_, a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym "vergeboard"), the boards fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to give strength to the same and to mask or hide the horizontal timbers of the roof to which they were attached.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
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reesetee The ornament of woodwork on a house gable, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof parallel to the gable wall. Feb 15, 2008