Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A board, often ornately carved, attached along the projecting edge of a pitched roof in front of a gable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a board placed in advance of a gable and underneath the barge-course, where the roof extends over the wall, either covering the rafter that would otherwise be visible, or occupying its place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vergeboard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
barge board .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We also gave it slate tiles and a new bargeboard which covered up the second-rate brick corbelling.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Genevieve Fox 2012
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Virgin wasn't too bad and I was pulling away at about a second a lap from Sakon. de la Rosa's rear wing on the straight which broke my bargeboard and damaged the left side pod, costing us about a second a lap in downforce.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It is a near-miracle that so little of the building above the storefront has been changed, like the mock half-timbering, the little turret and the perforated bargeboard.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER GRAY 2010
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It is a near-miracle that so little of the building above the storefront has been changed, like the mock half-timbering, the little turret and the perforated bargeboard.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER GRAY 2010
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It is a near-miracle that so little of the building above the storefront has been changed, like the mock half-timbering, the little turret and the perforated bargeboard.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER GRAY 2010
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Either the raised bargeboard produced inconsistent aero performance (perhaps by not getting clean enough airflow) or the characteristics of Interlagos meant that the efficiency gains of higher bargeboards disappeared.
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Interestingly both were slightly shorter than their predecessors - and this is after a trend of raising the bargeboard throughout the year.
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Trying to rationalise the precise purpose of Ferrari's solution is difficult as the bargeboard region is intricately complex but presumably the wind tunnel data show improved aero efficiency when the connector is curved.
F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog | F1 video | F1 pictures | F1 news | Lewis Hamilton | Fernando Alonso John Beamer 2008
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"We have a major upgrade, which includes a new floor, bargeboard area and front wing," team principal Dr Vijay Mallya confirmed, "We're looking forward to it as we had a very successful aero test with Tonio [Liuzzi] in the week before the summer shutdown and, with this knowledge,
reesetee commented on the word bargeboard
Board trim, usually carved, that projects from the gable line of a roof. Sometimes called gingerbread.
February 9, 2007