tabling
/tˈeɪbəlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
noun
A broad hem on the edge of a sail.
noun
Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
Example Sentences
- "On the luffs and after leaches of jibs the tabling ought to be 3 inches, on the foot 1 inches"
- "The Woodstock Town Board dropped the controversial anti-discrimination ordinance after a meeting marked by a series of tablings and withdrawals of various resolutions."
- "My daughter hath there already now of me ten poundes, which I account to be given for her tabling : after this ten poundes will follow another, for her apparel"