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Webster 1913 Edition
Ledgment
Ledg′ment
(-ment)
, Noun.
(Arch.)
(a)
A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.
Oxf. Gloss.
(b)
The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
Gwilt.
[Written also
ledgement
, legement
, and ligement
.] Definition 2024
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Noun
ledgment (plural ledgments)
- (architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
- The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
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