Definition of half-timbered in US English:
half-timbered
adjectiveˈhaf ˈˌtimbərdˈhæf ˈˌtɪmbərd
Having walls with a timber frame and a brick or plaster filling.
Example sentencesExamples
- I had tried to think of it as little as possible, but now that I searched for words all that came to me were pictures, images of tree-lined walkways, half-timbered houses, narrow streets and secret stairways.
- But Space House is not remotely like any of its brick or half-timbered neighbours.
- Treven Hall had been an Elizabethan, half-timbered manor house.
- Built as a half-timbered hall by the Brownlow family, the house was extended by its owners in 1591 and 1648.
- The 300 year-old half-timbered stilted building in the High Street has been a focal point for the town for many years.