Tablature n. : A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.

Tablature n. : An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.

Tablature n. : Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.

Example:
What's the difference between guitar Tablature and guitar chords?

Taxonomy
tablature, fret, string, lute tablature, hole, guitar tablature, tab, instrument, Mxtabs, lute, German, staff notation, standard notation, chord, free tablature, Harmonica tab, music, flags.

Defination from the web:
Tablature is common for fretted stringed instruments such as guitar as well as many free reed aerophones such as the harmonica. Tablature is commonly used in notating rock, pop, folk, ragtime and blues music, and was common during Renaissance and Baroque eras. ...