ledging

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noun

The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created.

OriginMiddle English leggyng →
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Meanings

nounledging (plural ledgings)

plural ledgings

  1. The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created.

    LEDGINGS: — Ledgings for joists, etc., to be measured square, their height and projection from wall to be counted as wall the amount of their projection, but in no case to count less than one-half brick. […]

    1913, William Arthur, The New Building Estimator: A Practical Guide to Estimating the Cost of Labor and Material in Building Construction, page 506

Origin

  1. Middle Englishleggyng
  2. Englishledging

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ledging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ledging

MLA

“ledging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ledging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ledging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ledging.

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