2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ledge \Ledge\ (l[e^]j), n. [Akin to AS licgan to lie, Icel.
liggja cf Icel. l["o]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a
cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.]
1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also that which
resembles such a shelf in form or use as a projecting
ridge or part or a molding or edge in joinery.
2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
3. A layer or stratum.
The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H.
Wotton.
4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable
mineral.
5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck,
placed athwartship between beams.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ledge
n : a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
[syn: {shelf}]
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