†A scaffolding-timber; = ledger, n. 2 (obsolete). Also, see quot. 1895.

A horizontal timber in a scaffolding. Cf. overlier, n. 2.

A thing which lies over or on top of something else; spec. a horizontal timber in a scaffolding (cf. ledger, n. 2a, overligger, n.).

A horizontal timber in a scaffolding, lying parallel to the face of the building and supporting the putlogs. (Cf. ligger, n.1 2.)

Each of a series of poles or beams projecting horizontally from a wall to provide the support for a scaffolding platform.