[lej] 
noun, verb, ledged, ledg⋅ing.| 1. | a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray. |
| 2. | a more or less flat shelf of rock protruding from a cliff or slope. |
| 3. | a reef, ridge, or line of rocks in the sea or other body of water. |
| 4. | Mining.
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| 5. | Carpentry. a member similar to but larger than a cleat. |
| 6. | Shipbuilding. a minor transverse deck beam running between regular deck beams to form part of a coaming. |
| 7. | to assemble (a door or the like) with ledges. |
| ledge (lěj) n.
[Middle English, crossbar, probably from leggen, to lay, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.] ledg'y adj. |