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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TABLING, n. Gen.Sc. usage in masonry: the stone coping of a wall or gable (Sc. 1946 Spons' Practical Builders' Pocket-Bk. 443). Rare and obs. in Eng.Gsw. 1719 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 56:
The battling and tabling of the said steeple.Inv. 1740 Inv. Session Rec. (Mitchell 1902) 105:
From the Tabling to the Rigging Stone.Abd. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 25:
Up an' doon the tablin' wi' a gloatin' roupy hoast, he haps.Sc. 1935 St Andrews Cit. (13 July) 4:
The lead under the tabling on the gables.