open-timbered

[oh-puh n-tim-berd] /ˈoʊ pənˈtɪm bərd/

adjective, (of a roof, ceiling, etc.)

constructed so that the timbers are exposed.

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This is covered with an open-timbered roof, and divided into nave and aisles by cut-wood posts, and lighted by a clerestory.

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