ledgment

noun — 2 senses

noun

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

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.

HIP - ROOFS IN LEDGMENT1831, Peter Nicholson, Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide:

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