leger line

American  

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ər /

noun

Music.

1. ledger line.

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leger line British  

/ ˈlɛdʒə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of ledger line

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Example Sentences

For piano and violin music, paper should be chosen the staves of which are wide apart, to allow of the large number of leger lines frequently required.

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Her glorious voice extends from D on the third line of the bass clef to C on the second leger line above the treble clef.

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This was done and with immediate effect, for our leger lines had scarcely reposed to their mission on the river's bed before both rods were wagging their heads.

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Men of the same opinions argued blindly with each other; while genuine opposition was conducted with glaring eyes, swollen veins, clinched hands, and voices high up in the leger lines of hate and defiance.

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As the story fizzled out, the leger lines having been down for some little time, I thought, and not without reason, that I saw the point of my rod trembling.

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