Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tableau"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tableau \Ta`bleau"\, n. (Solitaire)
The arrangement, or layout, of cards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tableau \Ta`bleau"\, n.; pl. {Tableaux}. [F., dim. fr. L. tabula
a painting. See {Table}.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped
in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and
remaining silent and motionless.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tableau
n 1: a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a
painting) [syn: {tableau vivant}]
2: any dramatic scene
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