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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tim·ber·ing       [tim-ber-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.building material of wood.
2.timberwork.

[Origin: 1125–75; ME timbrung. See timber, -ing1]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tim·ber       (tĭm'bər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
    2. Wood used as a building material; lumber.
    3. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.
    4. Nautical A rib in a ship's frame.
    1. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.
    2. Nautical A rib in a ship's frame.
  1. A person considered to have qualities suited for a particular activity: That trainee is executive timber.

tr.v.   tim·bered, tim·ber·ing, tim·bers
To support or frame with timbers: timber a mine shaft.


[Middle English, from Old English, building, trees for building; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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tim·ber·ing       (tĭm'bər-ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Timber or objects and structures made of it.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Timbering

Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.] To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

His bark is stoutly timbered. --Shak.

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