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ledgement

Ledgment \Ledg"ment\ (-ment), n. (Arch.)

  1. A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.
    --Oxf. Gloss.

  2. The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
    --Gwilt. [Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement.]

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ledgement

n. (context architecture English) (alternative form of ledgment English)

Usage examples of "ledgement".

Across the thirty feet that separated them, Rhavas—no, Avshar—dipped his head to the tribune in derisive acknow ledgement of his astuteness.