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Definition of Ledger board
1. Noun. Top rail of a fence or balustrade.
Definition of Ledger board
1. Noun. Any of a series of horizontal boards, joined by vertical supports, but especially the topmost rail of a fence or balustrade ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ledger Board
Literary usage of Ledger board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society (1917)
"ledger board. The heavy girts are used only in the braced frame. ... Notched Stud
with ledger board Fig. 105. ledger board with Notched Floor Joist in Place ..."
2. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Court of Appeals of the State by William Henry Silvernail (1891)
"Fish commenced nailing the ledger-board when the brick was laid up to the ...
It was not unusual to nail another ledger-board while working on the scaffold. ..."
3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1895)
"... breaking of a piece of board called a ledger-board, on which as a cross-piece
the plank rested upon which the plaintiff stood; that this ledger-board, ..."
4. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"66 in which A is the ledger board and B the stud. The ledger boards themselves
are not cut at all, but the floor joists which they carry are notched over ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"06 in which A is the ledger board and B the stud. The ledger boards themselves
are not cut at all, but the floor joists which they carry are notched over ..."
6. Carpentry and Contracting: A Practical Reference Work on Carpentry, Building by American Technical Society (1919)
"We examine his drawings and find that he has represented a ledger board 2X3 ...
Section Showing 2- 3-Inch ledger board Sometimes Used Avoiding Unequal ..."
7. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1885)
"... running perpendicularly from the ground, seven or eight feet apart, and four
or five feet from the wall of the building; a board, called a ledger-board, ..."
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