What does "tabling" mean?
Tabling: (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten.
- 3.Board; support. [Obs.] Trence in English (1614).
- 4.Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. [Obs.] Tabling house, a gambling house. [Obs.] Northbrooke.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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