ledgment

A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.

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.
    • HIP - ROOFS IN LEDGMENT - 1831, Peter Nicholson, Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide:

Origin

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

Forms

ledgments ledgement legement ligement