ledgy


ledge

L0098600 (lĕj)n.1. A horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall.2. A cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall.3. An underwater ridge or rock shelf.4. A level of rock-bearing ore; a vein.
[Middle English, crossbar, probably from leggen, to lay, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]
ledg′y adj.