barge-coursen.
/ˈbɑːdʒkɔːs/ A portion of the roof of a house carried slightly beyond the wall at the gable-end, and made up underneath with mortar, to keep out rain, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > bargeboards, etc.
wind-barge1603
waterbargea1613
barge-course1668
roll1810
valley-board1823
verge-board1827
siding1829
barge-board1833
verge1833
verge-boarding1835
parge-board1840
snowboard1876
hollow roll1904
1668 W. Leybourn Platform for Purchasers 109 The Barge Courses..must be struck with Lime and hair Mortar.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Barge-Course.
1835 Penny Cycl. III. 450/1 Barge-boards..are often attached to the gables of old English houses, fixed near the extremity of the barge-course.
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