Obs. rare. [ad. L. contabulātiōn-em a joining together of boards, a floor or story of boards, f. contabulāt-: see prec.] ‘A joining of boards together; a boarding, a floor’ (Johnson). In quot. 1615 fig.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 15. In the admirable contabulation or composition of the whole.
1706. Phillips, Contabulation, a joyning of Boards together, a boarding or planking; a Floor, a Timber-Frame.
1721. in Bailey.
