2. (noun) bargeboards - the facing boards on the gable of a house, the lower ends of which are often ornamented with carving, or a house so adorned.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 168-170;)
Ko Taha-rākau ia, kei te titiro atu ki te pai o te whare, ki ngā maihi, ki te nui o te whare kāore he pā, e tū noa ana he mahinga kai kei ngā taha o te whare (JPS 1913:62). / But Taharakau was noting the beauty and size of the house, with its carved facing boards, with no pā, but simply standing with cultivations right up to the walls of the house.
3. (noun) house adorned with carved barge boards - sometimes whare maihi.
Ka pātaitia tana pātai tuatoru, “Taha-rākau, he aha te tohu o te tangata rangatira?” Ka whakahokia e Taha-rākau, “He whare maihi tū ki roto ki te pā tūwatawata, he tohu nō te rangatira: Whare maihi tū ki te wā ki te paenga, he kai nā te ahi.” (JPS 1913:63). / He asked his third question, “Taha-rākau, what is the mark of a well-bred man?” Taha-rākau replied, “A carved house standing in a fortified pā is the mark of a well-bred man; a carved house standing in the open, among the cultivations is food for the fire.”
