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tim·ber
I. \ˈtimbə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English timber, timmer, from Old English timber house, building, building material, wood, trees; akin to Old High German zimbar house, room, wood, Old Norse timbr timber, Latin domus house, Greek domos house, demein to build, Sanskrit dama house
1.
a.
(1) : growing trees or their wood
< standing timber >
(2) English law : trees (as oak, ash, elm over 20 years old) that are part of a freehold and may not be cut by a life tenant
b. : a wooded area : forest
< the early settlers had clung to rivers and timbers — Carl Sandburg >
< hid out in the big timber — Vance Randolph >
c. : a standing tree or its trunk — often used interjectionally as a shout of warning to those near a falling tree
2. : wood used for or suitable for building (as a house or boat) or for carpentry or joinery
< the turner, who concentrated on chair making, had beech for his favorite timber — Andrew Phelan >
< tropical wet evergreen forest producing valuable timbers — S.H.Howard >
3.
a. : material, stuff
< believe it's best-seller timber — Richard Mallett >
b. : something that helps to form a person : individual character or one of its constituents
< in this testing … inner timbers begin to part at once, the stuff of which he is made begins at once to deteriorate — F.R.Leavis >
c. : human material suitable for a particular position or status
< presidential timber >
< management timber >
< officer timber >
d. : bony structure in a dog
4. : something that is made of wood or is likened to a wooden object: as
a. : a wooden gate, fence, post, or rail required to be jumped by a horse
< take a pull on your horse, considerably easing your pace as you near the timber — C.C.W.Aldin >
b. slang sx leg
< hobbled out on my gouty timbers for a walk — C.B.Fairbanks >
5.
a.
(1) : a comparatively large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure
< roof timbers >
< bridge timbers >
< floor timbers >
especially : one that in technical specifications usually is not less than 5 inches in least dimension — compare plank; see roof illustration
(2) Britain : a piece of sawed wood that in technical specifications usually has a thickness of at least 4 1/2 inches and a width of at least 6 inches
b. Britain : lumber II 2a
c. : a curving frame branching outward from the keel of a ship and bending upward in a vertical direction that is usually composed of several pieces united : rib 3b(1)
II. verb
(timbered ; timbered ; timbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; timbers)
Etymology: Middle English timbren, from Old English timbran, timbrian; akin to Old High German zimbarōn to construct of wood, Old Norse timbra, Gothic timrjan, Old English timber (I)
transitive verb
1. archaic : to construct of wood
2. : to frame, cover, or support with timbers
< the boards would suit admirably for timbering cuts for drains — F.W.Crofts >
intransitive verb
1. : to cut timber
< a man timbering in the wooded area — Don Browning >
2. : to provide timbers for support
< in all work in clay it was found advisable to timber at once — Military Engineer >
III. adjective
1. : formed of wood : wooden
2. : of, relating to, or for timber
3. Scotland : heavy as wood : dull; specifically : having no ear for music
IV.
variant of timbre |