leger line

2 definitions found

leger line - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l['e]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius,
     fr. L. levis light in weight. See Levity.]
     Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special
     phrases.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Leger line (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to
        extend its compass; -- called also added line.
        [1913 Webster]

leger line - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  leger line
      n 1: a short line; a notation for extending the range above or
           below the staff [syn: ledger line, leger line]