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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TABLING

ppr. Boarding; forming into a table; letting one timber into another by scores.

TABLING

n.A forming into tables; a setting down in order. 1. The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in ship-building.
2. In sail-making, a broad hem made on the skirts of sails by turning over the edge of the canvas, and sewing it down.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TABLING

TABLING Ta "bling, n.

1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

2. (Carp. )

Defn: The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.

3. (Naut. )

Defn: A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten.

4. Board; support. [Obs. ] Trence in English (1614 ).

5. Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 1 . [Obs. ] Tabling house, a gambling house. [Obs. ] Northbrooke.