knee-timbern.

Brit.

/ˈniːˌtɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈniˌtɪmbər/

a. Timber having a natural angular bend, suitable for making knees in shipbuilding or carpentry; = knee n. 7. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > naturally or artificially bent wood

knee-timber1612

knee1679

cramble1788

crook1802

bent-wood1862

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 18 Like to kneetimber that is good for shippes..but not for building houses.

1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 55 It is built with large knee Timber, like the ribs of a Ship.

a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 413 Tortuous arms,..Warp'd into tough knee-timber.

1898 Archæol. Æliana XIX. iii. 265 A plantation of oaks growing to provide ‘knee-timber’ for his ships.

b. with plural. A bent piece of timber used in carpentry or shipbuilding.

ΚΠ

1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 24 Every Angle..had three Oaken Knee-Timbers, properly bolted and secured.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 337 Many a ship..hath owed to him Her strong knee-timbers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knee-timber
释义	knee-timbern. Brit. /ˈniːˌtɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈniˌtɪmbər/ a. Timber having a natural angular bend, suitable for making knees in shipbuilding or carpentry; = knee n. 7. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > naturally or artificially bent wood knee-timber1612 knee1679 cramble1788 crook1802 bent-wood1862 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 18 Like to kneetimber that is good for shippes..but not for building houses. 1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 55 It is built with large knee Timber, like the ribs of a Ship. a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 413 Tortuous arms,..Warp'd into tough knee-timber. 1898 Archæol. Æliana XIX. iii. 265 A plantation of oaks growing to provide ‘knee-timber’ for his ships. b. with plural. A bent piece of timber used in carpentry or shipbuilding. ΚΠ 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 24 Every Angle..had three Oaken Knee-Timbers, properly bolted and secured. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 337 Many a ship..hath owed to him Her strong knee-timbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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