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ledgestones

ledgestones is the plural of ledgestone.

Meaning of ledgestone

Noun

ledgestone (plural ledgestones)

  1. A type of building or decorative stone veneer consisting of thin, flat, rectangular pieces of natural or manufactured stone, typically stacked in horizontal courses (often dry-stacked or mesh-mounted) to create a rugged, layered appearance with pronounced horizontal lines and textured shadows.
    • Cellar walls to be of ledgestone, 16 inches thick, laid dry and started on good ledgestone, laid in trenches one foot below cellar bottom.1879 September, Carpentry And Building, volume 1, number 9, New York, [161 page 161]

Questions about ledgestones

What is ledgestones the plural of?
Ledgestones is the plural of ledgestone.

Words near ledgestones in the dictionary

  1. ledgermen
  2. ledgers
  3. Ledgerwood
  4. ledges
  5. ledgestone
  6. ledgestones
  7. ledgier
  8. ledgiest
  9. ledginess
  10. ledging
  11. ledgings

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