bargeboard

noun barge·board \ ˈbärj-ˌbȯrd \

|Updated on: 9 Jun 2018

Definition of bargeboard

: an often ornamented board that conceals roof timbers projecting over gables

Recent Examples of bargeboard from the Web

Old bargeboard shacks were still largely intact among the oaks and spreading fruit trees, a bucolic, oddly rural idyll hidden beyond the littered sidewalks, buses, and tractor trailers of the avenue.

— anne gisleson, Curbed, "Bywater faces its future," 23 May 2018
Jeff Gossen, who is a custom home builder, used reclaimed wood from the home and other historic homes, including antique bargeboard, leftover beams and antique windows, throughout the three units.

— kadee krieger, NOLA.com, "Rundown Marigny home renovated into weekend getaway and apartments," 17 May 2018
Outside there was decorative bargeboard over windows and doors, decorative cornice and corbel trim.

— joanne kempinger demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A major renovation improved 1872 Walker's Point home but kept the Gothic Revival charm," 3 May 2018
And those mounting posts act, in part, like a bargeboard on an open-wheel race car, only these maximize the laminar flow all the way to the tail.

— k.c. colwell, Car and Driver, "HondaJet HA-420," 19 Sep. 2017
Once known as Crewe Estate Primary School, the house was built in 1872 and retains its original octagonal clock and gingerbread bargeboard.

— elizabeth finkelstein, Country Living, "Admit It, You'd Drop Everything to Live In This Converted English Schoolhouse," 26 Jan. 2017

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