contignation

Pronunciation: /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/

The English word “contignation” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.
A framework or fabric, such as of beams.

From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“to join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”).

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