ledge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

   Let me help you tie the rope around your neck / Let me help to talk you the wrong way off the ledge / Let me help you hold the Glock against your head.

2. 2
   verb

   To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).

   [...] preparation must not remove excess dentine from the canal, and care must be taken not to ledge the canal walls.

3. 3
   noun

   A provincial or territorial legislature building.

   Known to Edmontonians as "the Ledge", the Alberta Legislature Building is a marvel of marble pillars, carved oak, beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture and stunning grounds.

4. 4
   noun

   a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

From Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggju (“layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjō (“layer, stratum”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with West Frisian lêch (“a layer of sheaves on a threshing floor”), Dutch leg (“layer”), German Low German Legg (“wrinkle, fold, flat layer, stratum”), Middle High German legge, lecke (“position, layer, stratum, tier; pleat, hem”). Related to Middle English leggen (“to lay, apply”), from Old English leċġan (“to lay”); and Old English *ġeleċġ (“position...

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