down timbern.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊn ˌtɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊn ˌtɪmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adj., timber n.¹

Etymology: < down adj. + timber n.¹

North American.

Fallen trees brought down by wind, storms, or other natural agency.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > fallen or uprooted

rower1442

windfall1464

root-fall1584

down timber1837

deadfall1883

uproot1891

timber-fall1897

1837 Milwaukee Advertiser 18 Mar. To clear off all down timber and brush.

1881 W. O. Stoddard Esau Hardery 263 There was plenty of old ‘down timber’ to be cut up, and cleared away.

1948 Sierra Club Bull. (San Francisco) Mar. 111 Up interminable slopes of down timber, where the small logs repeatedly broke under the weight of man and pack.

1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains 136 Windfalls or down timber lay piled up between the trees.

2014 K. McCafferty Dead Man's Fancy (2015) iii. 20 Spacing says he was running on the way out. Tripped and fell down once, down below in the trees. Running blind, down timber all around.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	down timber
释义	down timbern. Brit. /ˈdaʊn ˌtɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈdaʊn ˌtɪmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adj., timber n.¹ Etymology: < down adj. + timber n.¹ North American. Fallen trees brought down by wind, storms, or other natural agency. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > fallen or uprooted rower1442 windfall1464 root-fall1584 down timber1837 deadfall1883 uproot1891 timber-fall1897 1837 Milwaukee Advertiser 18 Mar. To clear off all down timber and brush. 1881 W. O. Stoddard Esau Hardery 263 There was plenty of old ‘down timber’ to be cut up, and cleared away. 1948 Sierra Club Bull. (San Francisco) Mar. 111 Up interminable slopes of down timber, where the small logs repeatedly broke under the weight of man and pack. 1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains 136 Windfalls or down timber lay piled up between the trees. 2014 K. McCafferty Dead Man's Fancy (2015) iii. 20 Spacing says he was running on the way out. Tripped and fell down once, down below in the trees. Running blind, down timber all around. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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