[a. mod.F. tablette: see TABLET.)
1. = TABLET sb. 1 c.
1728. H. Herbert, trans. Fleury’s Eccl. Hist., I. 536. He came out with the tablette in his hand and read it.
1860. W. Collins, Wom. White, ep. i. narr. W. H. vii. I made some entries in my tablettes this morning. Find my tablettes.
2. = TABLET sb. 3.
1725. Bradley’s Fam. Dict., Tablette, or Lozenge, a Term in Pharmacy,… a solid Electuary … cut into the form of small, round or square Boards.
1890. Harper’s Mag., Jan., 230/2. Some tablettes of grated cocoa candied in liquid sugar.
3. Arch. = TABLET sb. 6, TABLE sb. 12 a; spec. in Fortif. (see quot. 1853).
1723. Chambers, trans. Le Clerc’s Treat. Archit., I. 124. Balusters with their Rail, serving as a Tablette or Rest to the Elbows.
1853. Stocqueler, Milit. Encycl., Tablette, a flat coping-stone, generally two feet wide and eight inches thick, placed at the top of the revêtement of the escarp, for the purpose of protecting the masonry from the effects of the weather, and also to serve as an obstacle to the besiegers when applying the scaling-ladders.
