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noun
The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A framework or fabric, such as of beams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: architecture
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History
From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“to join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”).
