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• Timber framing — (German: Fachwerk literally framework ), or half timbering, and in North America Post and Beam construction is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden… …   Wikipedia

• Carpentry — Car pen*try, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See {Carpenter}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings. [1913 Webster] 2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• timber — ► NOUN 1) wood prepared for use in building and carpentry. 2) informal, chiefly US suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential timber. ► EXCLAMATION ▪ used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

• Carpentry — Carpenter and Carpenters redirect here. For other uses, see Carpenter (disambiguation). Carpenter at work in Tennessee, June 1942 …   Wikipedia

• carpentry — /kahr peuhn tree/, n. 1. the trade of a carpenter: He earned his living at carpentry. 2. the work produced by a carpenter. 3. the way in which something, esp. a work of literature, is structured. [1350 1400; ME carpentrie < ONF < L carpentaria… …   Universalium

• timber — noun 1 trees grown for building VERB + TIMBER ▪ cut, fell, harvest ▪ sell TIMBER + NOUN ▪ company, industry, product …   Collocations dictionary

• timber — /ˈtɪmbə / (say timbuh) noun 1. wood, especially when suitable for building houses, ships, etc., or for use in carpentry, joinery, etc. 2. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 3. the trees themselves. 4. Chiefly US wooded land.… …  

• timber — n. 1 wood prepared for building, carpentry, etc. 2 a piece of wood or beam, esp. as the rib of a vessel. 3 large standing trees suitable for timber; woods or forest. 4 (esp. as int.) a warning cry that a tree is about to fall. Phrases and idioms …   Useful english dictionary

• timber — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, building, wood; akin to Old High German zimbar wood, room, Greek demein to build, domos course of stones or bricks Date: before 12th century 1. a. growing trees or their wood b. used… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• timber — noun 1》 wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.     ↘trees grown for such wood.     ↘a wooden beam or board used in building and shipbuilding. 2》 US informal suitable quality or character: she is hailed as presidential timber.… …   English new terms dictionary

• carpentry — noun The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking …   Wiktionary