legement

English

Noun

legement (plural legements)

Obsolete form of ledgment.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for legement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

ligement

Etymology

From legge (“bracing”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)mɛnt/, /ˈlidʒ(ə)mɛnt/

Noun

legement (plural ligements)

ledgement, stringcourse

Descendants

English: ledgment, ledgement

References

“leǧement (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.

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