1602 T. Dekker sig. B4 A Gallant that hides his small timbred legs, with a quaile-pipe boote.
1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller 462 He was a man of middle stature,..small timbered.
1884 Dec. 210 With boyish glee they ride over some small-timbered, ditchless fences on the line for a well-known covert.
1987 E. A. J. Honigmann v. 46 Weever himself mentioned that he was a noticeably small man, and Tucca coined a very odd name for Bubo, that small-timbered gentleman—'sheep-skin-weaver'.