joining together of timber
• (n.) A framework or fabric, as of beams. • (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.
Con`tig·na'tion noun [ Latin contignatio , from contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.] 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.