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timber-tree
A tree yielding timber or wood fit for building or construction.
c1505Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 198 Tha will bey none without they have tymmer tres. 1558–9Act. 1 Eliz. c. 15 Any Tymber Tree or Tymber Trees of Oke, Beeche, or Ashe. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 15 The noblemen doe make great profit by selling great quantities..for firewood, but greater by sales of timber trees; for..the greatest part of their buildings consist of timber. 1726Swift Gulliver i. viii, Cutting down some of the largest timber trees for oars and masts. 1766Act 6 Geo. III, c. 48 All Oak, Beech, Chestnut, Walnut, Ash, Elm, Cedar, Fir, Asp, Lime, Sycamore, and Birch Trees, shall be deemed and taken to be Timber Trees within the true Meaning..of this Act. 1865Chambers' Encycl. s.v. Poplar, The cottonwood of North America is valued as a timber-tree. |