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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


ledgment

ledgment

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Noun

ledgment (plural ledgments)

  1. (architecture) 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.
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