Tāb'la-tūre, n.

(53), n. [Fr. tablature, from Lat. tabula, a board, a tablet.]

1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall and ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Johnson. Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters instead of notes.

The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he fingered an organ. Evelyn. 3. (Anat.) A division or parting of the skull into two tables.