Glossary · B
Bargeboard
Also called bargeboards, vergeboard
A board fixed along the sloping edge of a gable, covering the ends of the roof timbers; often carved or fretted in the Gothic and Victorian house.
See also: Gable
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.
A feature of Victorian architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Balustrade · Baptistery · Bar tracery · Barchessa · Barrel vault · Base · Basilica · Bastion