ledgment

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

References

“ledgment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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