contabulate

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

contabulate (third-person singular simple present contabulates, present participle contabulating, simple past and past participle contabulated)

1. To lay floorboards.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     For the floor, though it felt to Watt like stone, was in reality contabulated, all over.

• contabulation

contabulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of contabulō