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ledgement

ledgement is the alternative form of ledgment.

Meaning of ledgment

Noun

ledgment (plural ledgments)

  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 LEDGMENT1831, Peter Nicholson, Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide

Forms of ledgement

pluralledgements

Questions about ledgement

What is ledgement the alternative form of?
Ledgement is the alternative form of ledgment.

Words near ledgement in the dictionary

  1. ledge
  2. ledgebag
  3. ledgebags
  4. ledged
  5. ledgeless
  6. ledgement
  7. ledgements
  8. ledger
  9. ledger art
  10. ledger bait
  11. ledger baits

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