half-timberingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfˌtɪmb(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌtɪmb(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., timbering n.

Etymology: < half adj. + timbering n., after half-timber adj.

Architecture.

Heavy timbers forming the frame (typically left exposed, esp. for decorative effect) of a house, wall, or storey, the gaps in between the timbers being filled with any of various materials such as bricks, wattle and daub, etc.; (also) boarding added to a house to give a similar decorative effect. Cf. half-timber adj. 1.A well-known type of this construction associated with the Tudor period of architecture features dark timbers filled with white plastered panels.

1856 Ecclesiologist May 156 Bold bows and oriels, half timbering, with tiles in the interstices, and black and red brick combine to produce a striking ensemble.

1893 Brickbuilder Aug. 71/2 The lower story of brick... The upper story of half-timbering.

1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 97 Simulated half-timbering is where boards are applied on plaster walls.

1992 Times 29 Aug. (Weekend section) 11/1 The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture, with half-timbering, pargetting, rosy brick, mullioned windows, towering tudor chimneys and a moat.

2000 B. Maitland Silvermeadow i. 10 The Bishop's Mitre sat brooding.., a dour 1950s pub that no amount of half-timbering and geranium window boxes could cheer up.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-timbering
释义	half-timberingn. Brit. /ˈhɑːfˌtɪmb(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌtɪmb(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., timbering n. Etymology: < half adj. + timbering n., after half-timber adj. Architecture. Heavy timbers forming the frame (typically left exposed, esp. for decorative effect) of a house, wall, or storey, the gaps in between the timbers being filled with any of various materials such as bricks, wattle and daub, etc.; (also) boarding added to a house to give a similar decorative effect. Cf. half-timber adj. 1.A well-known type of this construction associated with the Tudor period of architecture features dark timbers filled with white plastered panels. Π 1856 Ecclesiologist May 156 Bold bows and oriels, half timbering, with tiles in the interstices, and black and red brick combine to produce a striking ensemble. 1893 Brickbuilder Aug. 71/2 The lower story of brick... The upper story of half-timbering. 1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 97 Simulated half-timbering is where boards are applied on plaster walls. 1992 Times 29 Aug. (Weekend section) 11/1 The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture, with half-timbering, pargetting, rosy brick, mullioned windows, towering tudor chimneys and a moat. 2000 B. Maitland Silvermeadow i. 10 The Bishop's Mitre sat brooding.., a dour 1950s pub that no amount of half-timbering and geranium window boxes could cheer up. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1856
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