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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Contignation

· Con·tig·na·tion · IPA /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.
  2. 2.
    A framework or fabric, as of beams.