barge-board
(ˈbɑːdʒbɔəd)
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A board, often ornamental, running along the edge of the gable of a house, to conceal the barge-couples, and prevent rain from driving in under the projecting barge-course.
| 1833 Loudon Cottage Archit. 212 The roof..having barge boards against the west gable. Ibid. 422 Pierced openings in the verge board. 1845 Gloss. Gothic Archit. I. 42 Barge-board, Berge-board, Verge-board, or Parge-board. 1876 T. Hardy Hand Ethelb. II. xlviii. 273 A timber-built cottage, having ornamental barge-boards, balconettes, and porch. |