ledge

Betekenis (Engels)

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).

Concepten

richel

rif

lijst

rand

vensterbank

ader

ertslaag

boord

dorpel

mijnader

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

Sims

repisa

corniche

Leiste

cornice

cengia

stralpo

Vorsprung

cornicione

περβάζι

Kante

rebord

Felsband

χείλος

mensola

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɛd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: legge

Verwant aan Middelengels: 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.