tablement

English

Etymology

From Middle English tablement, from Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table +‎ -ment.

Noun

tablement (plural tablements)

(architecture, obsolete) A table.
- Holland
  tablements and chapters of pillars

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tablement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

tabulment, tabelment, tabylment

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːbəlmɛnt/

Noun

tablement (plural tablementis)

(rare) A level portion of a building.
(rare) A reredos.

Descendants

English: tablement

References

“tāblement (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-28.

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