contignation n.
架, 台
Contignation \Con`tig*na"tion\, n. [L. contignatio, fr.
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.