单词 | timber-wood |
释义 | timber-woodn. Now rare. Wood suitable for structural purposes; = timber n.1 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > building wood timbera900 timber-work1390 timber-wood1480 timbering1486 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 37 Tous les boys charpentifs. Alle the tymbre woode. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 146 Gloss. Trees of state, taller trees fitte for timber wood. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 52 He shal not meddle with great timber-woode without the assent of his lessor... But the cutting of dead wood is not waste. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. iii. 47 (heading) The designed Usefulness of Quarries of Stone, Timber-Wood, Metals, and Minerals. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 7/3 There have..been many substitutes proposed..for breakwaters... Well-knit timber-wood, filled in with stones, does very well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1480 |
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