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tablature
Part of speech: NounA painting or basso- relievo on a wall or on a ceiling, forming a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; in anat., a division or parting of the skull into two tables; a mode of writing music for a particular instrument.
Usage examples "tablature":- The first time he asked admittance to show you the tablature, and you did not want to receive him, I persuaded you to do so. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- He published a volume of poems in 1731, to which is subjoined The Tablature of Cebes, and a Letter upon Liberty, inserted in the Dublin Journal 1726; and by these he obtained a very great reputation. - "The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753),Vol. V.", Theophilus Cibber.
- In the year 1731 he published a volume of poems, to which is subjoined the " Tablature of Cebes," and a letter upon liberty, which appeared originally in the Dublin Journal five years previously. - "Curiosities of Impecuniosity", H. G. Somerville.