ledger line
noun
Also leger line. Also called added line. Music.
a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
Angling.
a line so set that both the bait and sinker rest on the bottom.
Origin of ledger line
1690–1700
for def 2; 1880–85
for def 1
Words nearby ledger line
lederhosen,
ledge,
ledger,
ledger beam,
ledger board,
ledger line,
ledger paper,
ledger plate,
ledger strip,
ledgy,
ledoux
Example sentences from the Web for ledger line
Around the edge of the stone is a ledger-line, that probably had the emblems of the Evangelists at the angles.
The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West |William Henry Hamilton RogersThe compass extends from F below the bass staff to C on the second ledger-line above the treble.
British Dictionary definitions for ledger line
ledger line
noun
music
a short line placed above or below the staff to accommodate notes representing pitches above or below the staff
angling
a line using ledger tackle