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/verrj"bawrd', -bohrd'/, n.bargeboard.[1825-35; VERGE1 + BOARD]
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Vergeboard — Verge board , n. [Verge + board. Cf. {Bargeboard}.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vergeboard — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: by alteration : bargeboard * * * /verrj bawrd , bohrd /, n. bargeboard. [1825 35; VERGE1 + BOARD] … Useful english dictionary
Bargeboard — Barge board , n. [Perh. corrup. of vergeboard; or cf. LL. bargus a kind of gallows.] A vergeboard. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bargeboard — /bahrj bawrd , bohrd /, n. a board, often carved, hanging from the projecting end of a sloping roof. Also called vergeboard. [1825 35; barge (of obscure orig.) + BOARD] * * * ▪ architecture also called vergeboard exposed board or false rafter… … Universalium
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Bargeboard — (probably from Medieval Latin 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 them strength and to mask, hide and protect the othwise exposed end… … Wikipedia
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