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bargeboard

[ bahrj-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a board, often carved, hanging from the projecting end of a sloping roof.


bargeboard

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noun

  1. a board, often decorated with carved ornaments, placed along the gable end of a roof Also calledvergeboard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bargeboard1

1825–35; barge (of obscure origin) + board
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By 2018, this evolved into his takeout shop, initially sharing a bargeboard cottage on Martin Luther King Boulevard with a donut shop run by his brother.

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Italianate design elements include heavy wooden brackets on the tower and veranda, a balustraded balcony on the tower, and an elaborately carved bargeboard - a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to strengthen and conceal the exposed end of the horizontal timbers of the roof.

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Benetton's 1994 traction control furore, Ferrari's 'bargeboard' controversy of 1999 and the Brawn double diffuser row of 2009 all ended with the Briton emerging from an FIA hearing at least on the winning side if not the entirely righteous one.

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Homeowner Kevin Steer said the lorry is "embedded" in the side of his house, and has caused considerable damage, including ripping off guttering, slates, bargeboard and electric cable.

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It is a near-miracle that so little of the building above the storefront has been changed, like the mock half-timbering, the little turret and the perforated bargeboard.

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