Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tab
nountabbing (countable and uncountable, plural tabbings)
plural tabbings
- countableuncountablemediaTabulation.
These juxtapositions of perspective are generally indicated typographically, by a verse being tabbed in or out from the one above it: such tabbings indicate breaks in time, space, or voice.
2003, Stephen J. Hartnett, Incarceration Nation, page 23
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