Cŏn'-tig-nā'-tion, n.

n. [Lat. contignatio, from contignare, to join together with beams, from con and tignum, beam, from tegere, to cover; Fr. contignation, Sp. contignacion.]

1. The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric. Burke.
2. A frame of beams; a story. Wotton.