timbering

[tim-ber-ing]

tim·ber·ing

[tim-ber-ing]
noun
1.
building material of wood.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English timbrung. See timber, -ing1

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tim·ber

[tim-ber]
noun
1.
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
2.
growing trees themselves.
3.
wooded land.
4.
wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
5.
a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof.
EXPAND
6.
Nautical. (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
7.
personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber.
8.
Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
9.
to furnish with timber.
10.
to support with timber.
verb (used without object)
11.
to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
interjection
12.
a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English: orig., house, building material; cognate with German Zimmer room, Old Norse timbr timber; akin to Gothic timrjan, Greek démein to build. See dome

tim·ber·less, adjective
tim·ber·y, adjective

timber, timbre.
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timbering (ˈtɪmbərɪŋ)
 
n
1.  timbers collectively
2.  work made of timber

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