Obs. In 7 -berge. [f. WATER sb. + *berge, *barge, of obscure origin, but app. identical with the first element of BARGE-BOARD, -COUPLE, -COURSE. Cf. dial. ‘Barge, bairge, the outer edge of a gable’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).] A slab placed along the edge of a roof to afford protection from rain. Hence † Waterbarge v. (Sc. -bairge), to furnish with ‘waterbarges.’
1558. Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1896), II. 58. The said Cuthtbert to riguell and wattirbairge the saidis Johne C. and to halde hym wattirfast.
1603. G. Owen, Pembrokeshire (1892), 79. This stonne is Easilie hewed and searveth in buildinges to make wyndowes,… Coinestones, waterberges, and wynd berges or any other hewen worke.
