MEANING
A board fixed along the sloping edge of a gable, often decoratively cut.
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Words that belong together
- carved bargeboard
- ornamental bargeboard
- gable bargeboard
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A carved bargeboard edged the steep gable.
The missing bargeboard exposed the end of the roof timbers.
Rain dripped from the pointed ornaments of the bargeboard.
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- bargeboard
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular bargeboard; plural bargeboards. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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