Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bargeboard .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 alsobargeboard .
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- noun A
barge board .
Etymologies
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verge + board
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Examples
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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" Various
reesetee commented on the word vergeboard
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.
February 15, 2008