tabling

Ta"bling, n. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order. 2. (Carp.) Defn: The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding. 3. (Naut.) Defn: 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, n., 10. [Obs.] Tabling house, a gambling house. [Obs.] Northbrooke.

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