Es-tăb'lish-ment, n.
n. [O. Fr. establissement, N. Fr. établissement, Pr. establiment, stabiliment, stabiliment, Sp. establecimiento, Pg. estabelecimento, It. stabilimento. See supra.]
Sense 1. The act of establishing, founding, ratifying, or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Sense 2. The state of being established, founded, and the like.
Sense 3. That which is established; as, (a.) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical.
Bring in that establishment by which all men should be contained in duty. Spencer.
(b.) A permanent civil, military, or commercial force or organization. (c.) A style of living; accustomed expense; fixed allowance or resources for subsistence; income; salary.
His excellency . . . might gradually lessen your establishment. Swift.
(d.) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, with grounds, furniture, equipage, &c., with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; as, to have a spacious establishment; to keep up a large establishment. “Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.” W. Irving.
Establishment of the port (Hydrography), the data, obtained by observation, on which the tides are computed at the given port, viz., the difference between high and low water at mean spring tides, and the time of high water at the full and change of the moon.