contignation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“to join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/ === Noun === contignation (plural contignations) (archaic) The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric. (architecture) A framework or fabric, such as of beams. === References === “contignation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.