ledge

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
2. A shelf on which articles may be laid.
3. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
4. A layer or stratum.
5. A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
6. A (door or window) lintel.
7. A cornice.
8. A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

Verb

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

Concetti

cornice

cornicione

cengia

stralpo

mensola

strato

sporgenza

filone

pulpito

ripiano

bordino

cimasa

davanzale

listello

protuberanza

scaffale

soglia

flangia

sinonimi

shelf

projection

edge

jut

rim

protuberance

bump

brim

sill

lath

verge

cornice

flange

set-off

lip

teat

lug

end

🔚

extremity

fascia

flaring

foot

🦶

gate

grating

grill

knife

🔪

lag

level

lid

ligule

limb

lode

marge

mesh

molding

neb

nick

notch

peak

prominence

rack

rail

reeding

ridge

rock

🪨

rung

salient

shoulder

slat

spur

Traduzioni

Sims

corniche

repisa

Leiste

περβάζι

Vorsprung

χείλος

Felsband

Kante

Felsvorsprung

Platte

rebord

ύφαλος

Gesims

Fenstersims

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɛd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: legge

Affine inglese medio: leggen

In summary

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 (“positioning, arrangement, layout”) as in Old English limġeleċġ (“the disposition of the limbs, form, shape”). More at lay.