[f. LEDGE sb. + -ING1.] concr. A ledge, or ledges collectively.
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk. (1837), I. 270. The sea in the opening was as bright as a mirror … and through it I could see the ledgins of this amazing cone [an iceberg] spreading away shelve below shelve into the channels of the ocean.
1820. A. Sutherland, St. Kathleen, IV. 143. He … loupit richt ower my head, far beyont the ledgin’ o’ the brig.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 17 July, 6/3. He … lay on the main deck ledging outside the saloon cabin covering board.
