tabling

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tabling

noun tablings

  1. A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form.

    Similar: tabulation

  2. The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
  3. A broad hem on the edge of a sail. On the luffs and after leaches of jibs the tabling ought to be 3 inches, on the foot 1 inches
  4. US A setting-aside of a topic from discussion. The Woodstock Town Board dropped the controversial anti-discrimination ordinance after a meeting marked by a series of tablings and withdrawals of various resolutions.
  5. UK The introduction of a topic to a discussion.
  6. metonymically Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
  7. obsolete board; support 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
  8. The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of table

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@misc{tabling_2026,
  title = {tabling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tabling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}