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‖ tablette|tæˈblɛt, ˈtæblɪt| [a. mod.F. tablette: see tablet.] 1. = tablet n. 1 c.
1728H. Herbert tr. Fleury's Eccl. Hist. I. 536 He came out with the tablette in his hand and read it. 1860W. Collins Wom. White ep. i. narr. W. H. vii, I made some entries in my tablettes this morning. Find my tablettes. 2. = tablet n. 3.
1725Bradley's Fam. Dict., Tablette, or Lozenge, a Term in Pharmacy,..a solid Electuary..cut into the form of small, round or square Boards. 1890Harper's Mag. Jan. 230/2 Some tablettes of grated cocoa candied in liquid sugar. 3. Arch. = tablet n. 6, table n. 12 a; spec. in Fortif. (see quot. 1853).
1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. 124 Balusters with their Rail, serving as a Tablette or Rest to the Elbows. 1853Stocqueler 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. |