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ledgewoman

ledgewoman

9.9
A woman who works in a quarry cutting stone from the rock face
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : mujer de cantera
  • The experienced ledgewoman skillfully separated the granite blocks from the quarry wall.

Examples

  • The company hired an additional ledgewoman to keep up with the increasing demand for stone.

  • The ledgewoman skillfully split the stone.

  • As a ledgewoman, she spent long hours in the open, working with heavy tools.

  • Many ledgewomen are trained in the quarrying industry.

  • As a ledgewoman, she spent long hours in the open, working with heavy tools.

  • The experienced ledgewoman skillfully separated the granite blocks from the quarry wall.

  • The company hired an additional ledgewoman to keep up with the increasing demand for stone.

Synonyms

ledgeman
vsledgewoman
  • Archaic
9.9

A man who splits stone blocks from a ledge in a quarry

is identical in meaning but denotes a female worker instead
quarryman
vsledgewoman
8.1

A person who removes stone from a quarry

focuses specifically on splitting blocks from a ledge rather than general extraction

Surface Forms

ledgewoman singular
ledgewomen plural

Morphology

ledgewoman = ledge + woman (transparent) = ledge + woman

The meaning is a straightforward compound: a woman associated with or working on a ledge, which learners can infer from the components.

Etymology

Ledgewoman combines ledge 'a narrow shelf of rock', as in a window ledge, and woman 'an adult female'. So a ledgewoman is a woman who works at cutting or separating blocks of stone from a ledge in a quarry, which explains the word's modern meaning.