tabling

n. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Board; support. [ Obs. ] Trence in English (1614). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tabling house, a gambling house. [ Obs. ] Northbrooke. [ 1913 Webster ]