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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabling

Ta′bling

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Noun.
1.
A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
2.
(Carp.)
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
3.
(Naut.)
A broad hem on the edge of a sail.
Totten.
4.
Board; support.
[Obs.]
Trence in English (1614).
5.
Act of playing at tables. See
Table
,
Noun.
, 10.
[Obs.]
Tabling house
,
a gambling house.
[Obs.]
Northbrooke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tabling

TA'BLING

,
ppr.
Boarding; forming into a table; letting one timber into another by scores.

TA'BLING

,
Noun.
A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
1.
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in ship-building.
2.
In sail-making, a broad hem made on the skirts of sails by turning over the edge of the canvas, and sewing it down.