ancon vs ledge

ancon

• A console that appears to support a cornice. 

• The olecranon. 

• The elbow. 

ledge

• A cornice. 

• A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 

• A provincial or territorial legislative assembly. 

• A (door or window) lintel. 

• A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. 

• A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 

• A provincial or territorial legislature building. 

• A layer or stratum. 

• A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. 

• To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).