English Explanatory Dictionary

barge board

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers.

Word forms

barge board barge boards bargeboard

Etymology

Probably from Medieval Latin bargus (“a scaffold”).

Synonyms

gableboard vergeboard
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