tabernacle work (tabernaklwerk)

In arch., especially in the medieval Pointed styles: ( a ) A series or range of tabernacles; a design Tabernacle-work.- Church of Santa Maria dell a Spina, Pisa; 13th century. in which tabernacles form the characteristic feature. (b) The combinations of ornamental tracery usual in the canopies of decorated tabernacles; hence, similar work in the carved stalls and screens of churches, etc. tabernacular (tab-er-nak'ū-lär), a. [ [Curious, meaning extraordinary, an expre ion] horridly tabernacular , and such that no gentleman could allow himself to touch it without gloves. 6147 id.] 1. A gradually progre ive emaciation.2. Same as tabes dorsal is. See below. - Hereditary tabes, Fried rich's ataxia (which see, under ataxia ). - Spasmodic tabes. See spasmodic. - Tabes dorsal is. Same as locomotor ataria (which see, under ataxia ). -Tabes mesenteric a, tuberculosis in the mesenteric glands. tabescence (ta-bes'ens), n. [