† contabulatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To floor with boards. In quot. 1654 figurative.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > floor > floor with planks or boards
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Cotabulate, to planch.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ii. 71 Bedcoards and boards are the best flesh-firmers, consolidating and contabulating his Body.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Contabulate, to plank or floor with boards, to joyn together.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
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