Noun: ledger board le-jer bord
- A horizontal board or beam attached to a building to support joists, deck boards, or other structural elements
"The carpenters nailed the floor joists to the ledger board along the foundation wall";
- ledger, ribbon
- Top rail of a fence or balustrade
"He rested his elbows on the ledger board of the porch railing"
Derived forms: ledger boards
Type of: rail