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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
2. 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 LEDGMENT"

Etymology

From Middle English legement; equivalent to ledge + -ment.

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