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Definitions for Timbering

[1] building material of wood.
[2] timberwork.
[3] the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
[4] growing trees themselves.
[5] wooded land.
[6] wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
[7] a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof.
[8] Nautical . (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
[9] personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber.
[10] Sports . a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
[11] to furnish with timber.
[12] to support with timber.
[13] to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
[14] a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.
[15] timbers collectively
[16] work made of timber
[17] wood, esp when regarded as a construction material Usual US and Canadian word: lumber (as modifier ) a timber cottage
[18] trees collectively mainly US woodland
[19] a piece of wood used in a structure
[20] nautical a frame in a wooden vessel
[21] potential material, for a post, rank, etc he is managerial timber
[22] (tr) to provide with timbers
[23] a lumberjack's shouted warning when a tree is about to fall

Words nearby Timbering

timber-hitch, timberbeast, timberdoodle, timbered, timberhead, timbering, timberjack, timberlake, timberland, timberline, timberman

Origin of Timbering

before 900; Middle English, Old English: orig., house, building material; cognate with German Zimmer room, Old Norse timbr timber; akin to Gothic timrjan, Greek démein to build. See dome

Words that may be confused with Timbering

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, timbertimber, timbre

Other words from Timbering

tim·ber·less , adjective
tim·ber·y , adjective

Word origin for Timbering

Old English; related to Old High German zimbar wood, Old Norse timbr timber, Latin domus house