Ledgment

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ledgment \Ledg"ment\ (-ment), n. (Arch.)
        (a) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such
            as the base moldings of a building. --Oxf. Gloss.
        (b) The development of the surface of a body on a plane,
            so that the dimensions of the different sides may be
            easily ascertained. --Gwilt. [Written also


            {ledgement}, {legement}, and {ligement}.]
            [1913 Webster]