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barge course

noun

  1. tiling on a gable roof beyond the exterior surface of the gable wall.
  2. the tiles or slates placed on and projecting over the raking edges of a gable roof.
  3. a coping of bricks set on edge, arranged transversely.


barge course

noun

  1. the overhang of the gable end of a roof
  2. a course of bricks laid on edge to form the coping of a wall
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of barge course1

First recorded in 1660–70; bargeboard

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