ledgment Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ledg"ment noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) (a) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. Oxf. Gloss. (b) 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.

Webster 1913