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Ledger vs Putlog - What's the difference?

ledger | putlog |

As nouns the difference between ledger and putlog

is that ledger is a book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records while putlog is one of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.

ledger

English

(wikipedia ledger)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
  • (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
  • (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
  • A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

    • Derived terms

    * ledger bait * ledger board * (l) * ledger wall

    Anagrams

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    See also

    * (wikipedia "ledger") *

    putlog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Construction Confederation , title=House Builders Health & Safety Manual 2008 , chapter= citation , genre=Construction , publisher= , isbn=9781852631246 , page=7-15 , passage=Where putlogs' are not required to support boards, a '''putlog''' must occur within 300mm of each standard. / When bracing is connected to a '''putlog''', the ' putlog must be connected to a ledger. }}

    References

    (Webster 1913) English words suffixed with -log