Lēd'ger, n.
n. [A-S. leger, lying, a lying down, bed, couch, from licgan, to lie; D. leger, O. H. Ger. leger, M. H. Ger. leger, N. H. Ger. lager, Goth. ligrs.]
Sense 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, to which the accounts from the journal, &c., are transferred. [Written also leger.]
Sense 2. (Arch.) (a.) A large, flat stone, such as is frequently laid over a tomb. (b.) One of the pieces of timber used in forming a scaffolding, by being secured at right angles to the upright standards, in order to receive the end of the put-logs, or timbers on which the planks are laid. [Written also ligger.] Oxf. Gloss. Gwilt.