ledging

From Middle English leggyng, legynge, equivalent to ledge +‎ -ing.

ledging (plural ledgings)

1. The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created.
   • 1913, William Arthur, The New Building Estimator: A Practical Guide to Estimating the Cost of Labor and Material in Building Construction, page 506:

     LEDGINGS: — Ledgings for joists, etc., to be measured square, their height and projection from wall to be counted as wall the amount of their projection, but in no case to count less than one-half brick. […]

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• Gedling, gelding, gingled, niggled