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ledged, ppl. a.|lɛdʒd| [f. ledge n. + -ed2.] Having or furnished with a ledge or ledges. ledged door: see quot. 1842–59.
1538Leland Itin. I. 55 A Desk ledgid to set Bookes on. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Printing, The body of the galley is ledged on three sides, to contain the slice. 1842–59Gwilt Archit. ii. iii. §5 (ed. 4) 2130 The most inferior sort of door used in building is the common ledged door, in which five or six or seven vertical boards are held together by usually three horizontal pieces called ledges to which the vertical ones are nailed. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 395 Ledged and broken walls and floor. 1898Daily News 15 Mar. 6/4 A vast tract of arid rock, crannied and ledged. |