'Tablature' definitions:

Definition of 'tablature'

(from WordNet)
noun
A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used

Definition of 'Tablature'

From: GCIDE
  • Tablature \Tab"la*ture\, n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See Table.]
  • 1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. --Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes. [1913 Webster]
  • The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones. [1913 Webster]