[See prec.] A portion of the roof of a house carried slightly beyond the wall at the gable-end, and made up underneath with mortar, to keep out rain, etc.
1668. Leybourn, Platf. Purch., 109. The Barge Courses … must be struck with Lime and hair Mortar.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Barge-Course.
1835. Penny Cycl., III. 450/1. Barge-boards … are often attached to the gables of old English houses, fixed near the extremity of the barge-course.
