half-timbered building

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• half-timbered — adjective a half timbered building has been built so that its wooden structure can be seen on the outside walls …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• half-timbered — UK / US adjective a half timbered building has been built so that its wooden structure can be seen on the outside walls …   English dictionary

• half-timbered — half tim|bered [ˌha:f ˈtımbəd US ˌhæf ˈtımbərd] adj a half timbered house is usually old and shows the wooden structure of the building on the outside walls …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• half-timbered — adjective having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture • Syn: ↑half timber • Similar to: ↑timbered * * * ˌhalf ˈtimbered [half timbered] adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• half-timbered — ADJ Half timbered is used to describe old buildings that have wooden beams showing in the brick and plaster walls, both on the inside and the outside of the building …   English dictionary

• half-timbered — adjective a half timbered house is usually old and shows the wooden structure of the building on the outside walls …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• half-timbered — half′ tim′bered or half′ tim′ber adj. bui archit. (of a building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like • Etymology: 1840–50 …   From formal English to slang

• half-timbered — /haf tim beuhrd, hahf /, adj. (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like. Also, half timber. [1840 50] * * * …   Universalium

• half-timbered — /ˈhaf tɪmbəd/ (say hahf timbuhd) adjective (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber, but with the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like. –half timbering, noun …  

• half-timbered — adjective Describes a building constructed using timber framing methods …   Wiktionary

• half-timber work — ▪ architecture       method of building in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub. Traditionally, a… …   Universalium