barge course

barge course
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.
[1660-70; see BARGEBOARD]

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