contabulate

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin contabulātus, perfect passive participle of contabulō (“to cover with boards”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

contabulate means To lay floorboards. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To lay floorboards.“For the floor, though it felt to Watt like stone, was in reality contabulated, all over.”