English Explanatory Dictionary

ledgment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
  2. The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.

Word forms

ledgment ledgments ledgement legement ligement

Etymology

From Middle English legement; equivalent to ledge + -ment.

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