ˈtabləˌchu̇(ə)r, -ˌchu̇ə, -_chə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, probably from (assumed) New Latin tabulatura, from Medieval Latin tabulatus tablet, from Latin tabula record, document, writing tablet + -atus -ate
1.
a. : an early instrumental musical notation indicating by letters and other signs the string, fret, key, or finger to be used instead of the tone to be sounded
b. : tonic sol-fa notation
c. : tabulatur 1
2. archaic
a. : a tablet (as a gravestone) bearing an inscription
b. : a work of art : painting , picture
c. : pictorial representation
d. : a verbal image : description
3. : division into plates or tables with intervening spaces
the tablature of the cranial bones