keraba　螻羽

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

A barge course, gable overhang or a raking eave. The part of the roof that extends beyond the gable wall or gable pediment in a hip-and-gable or gable roof ; *irimoya-zukuri 入母屋造, *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造. The bargeboards run along the ends of the purlins that extend beyond the gable wall. These ends are called moyabana 母屋鼻 (purlin nose). Also called sotonoki 外軒; *noborinoki 登軒, sobanoki 傍軒. Roof tiles that extend along the keraba are called *kerabagawara 螻羽瓦.

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