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English
Etymology
From Middle English tablement, from Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table + -ment.
Noun
tablement (plural tablements)
- (architecture, obsolete) A table.
1603, Plutarch, “Why the Prophetesse Pythia Giveth No Answers Now from the Oracle in Verse or Meeter”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals , London: Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1196:When we had fetched therefore a circuit about, we ſat us downe upon the tablements on the South ſide of the temple, nere unto the chappell of Tellus, that is to ſay, the Earth, where we beheld the waters of the Fountain Caſtilius, and the temple of the Muſes, with admiration, […]
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtaːbləˈmɛnt/, /ˈtaːbləmɛnt/
Noun
tablement (plural tablementis)
- (rare) A level portion of a building.
- (rare) A reredos.
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