n. [ OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table. ] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See Table. ] 1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 had fingered an organ. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones. [ 1913 Webster ]
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