ledger line
Americannoun
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Also called added line. Music. Also a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
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Angling. a line so set that both the bait and sinker rest on the bottom.
noun
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music a short line placed above or below the staff to accommodate notes representing pitches above or below the staff
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angling a line using ledger tackle
Etymology
Origin of ledger line
1690–1700 ledger line for def. 2; 1880–85 ledger line for def. 1
Example Sentences
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Bender testified that it was not his job to look at the ledger line by line.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
He shuffled in, and she pored over the ledger, line after line of unidentified dead, its pages blown by an air-conditioner propped up on two broken cinder blocks.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2010
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