■ noun
1》 a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, etc.
2》 an underwater ridge, especially one of rocks near the seashore.
3》 Mining a stratum of metal-bearing rock.
Derivatives
~d adjective
ledgy adjective
Origin
ME (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door or gate): perh. from an early form of lay 1 .