8. (Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in
order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Ta"ble, v. i. To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.]
"He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts."
South.
||Ta`bleau" (?), n.; pl. Tableaux (#). [F., dim. fr. L. tabula a
||painting. See Table.] 1. A striking and vivid representation; a
||picture.
||
2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the
proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and
motionless.
||Ta`bleau" vi`vant" (?); pl. Tableaux vivants (#). [F.] Same as
||Tableau, n., 2.
||
Ta"ble*book` (?), n. A tablet; a notebook.
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy.
Dryden.
Ta"ble*cloth` (?), n. A cloth for covering a table, especially one with
which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
||Ta"ble d'hôte" (t"bl' dt`); pl. Tables d'hôte (#). [F., literally,
||table of the landlord.] A common table for guests at a hotel; an
||ordinary.
||
Ta"ble-land` (?), n. A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the shining
table-lands To which our God himself is moon and sun.
Tennyson.
Ta"ble*man (?), n.; pl. Tablemen (&?;). A man at draughts; a piece used
in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [R.] Bacon.