Bargeboard

bargeboard

[′bärj‚bȯrd]

(building construction)

vergeboard

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Bargeboard

A trim board used on the edge of gables where the roof extends over the wall; it either covers the rafter or occupies the place of a rafter. Originally it was ornately carved.

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bargeboard, gableboard, vergeboard

bargeboard

A board which hangs from the projecting end of a

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Bargeboard

 

in architecture, including Russian wooden folk architecture, a board that is usually carved on the facade of a structure that protects the butt ends of the roof planking from moisture.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.