[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tablature \tab"lature\, n. cf. f. tablature ancient mode of
   musical notation. see table.
   1. paint. a painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece
      comprehended in one view, and formed according to one
      design; hence, a picture in general. --shaftesbury.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. an ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by
      letters and other signs instead of by notes.
      1913 webster

            the chimes of bells are so rarely managed that i
            went up to that of sir nicholas, where i found who
            played all sorts of compositions from the tablature
            before him as if he had fingered an organ. --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   3. anat. division into plates or tables with intervening
      spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
      1913 webster
see also:
table 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tablature
     n : a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used

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