Ta'bling, n.
n. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
- (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
- (Naut.) A broad hem made on the skirts of sails by turning over the edge of the canvas, and sewing it down. Totten.
- The act of playing at tables. See TABLE, 10. [Obs.]