contignation Meaning, Definition & Usage

Con`tig*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. contignatio, fr. contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.
  2. A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1913