Etymology

ledging

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Today it means: The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created. Full definition →

Middle English leggyng
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromleggyng
  2. English todayledging

From Middle English leggyng, legynge, equivalent to ledge + -ing.

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