A decorative board that covers the triangular space where a sloped roof meets the gable end of a building.
From Middle English 'barge' (possibly from Old French 'barge' or Germanic roots meaning 'to stick out') plus 'board.' The term dates to architecture around the 15th-16th centuries.
Bargeboards are one of those architectural terms that sounds fancy but is really just a name for a practical covering—yet skilled craftspeople make them incredibly ornate, and ornate bargeboards became status symbols on Victorian and Edwardian houses.
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