| Tabling 1. (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order. 2. (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding. 3. (n.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. 4. (n.) Board; support. 5. (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. Thesaurus Entries cloture by compartment, committee consideration, debate, deliberation, division, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, guillotine, introduction, kangaroo cloture, logrolling, roll call, second reading, steamroller methods, tabling, talkathon, third reading, vote |