gopher wood

American  

[goh-fer wood] / ˈgoʊ fər ˌwʊd /

noun

1. (in the Bible) an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark.

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gopher wood British  

noun

1. the wood used in the construction of Noah's ark, thought to be a type of cypress (Genesis 6:14)

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Etymology

Origin of gopher wood

First recorded in 1605–15; from Hebrew gōpher, of uncertain meaning

Example Sentences

Or next the mariner-saint enlarge   Right quaintly on his ark of gopher wood To wandering men through high grass meads that ran Or sailed the sea Mediterranean.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

Make an ark for thyself of gopher wood.'

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall thou make in the ark and shall cover it within and without with pitch.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

The people will walk upon planks of fir and boards of cedar, sycamore from the plains and algum-trees, gopher wood and Georgia pine, inlaid in forms of wondrous grace.

From Homes and How to Make Them by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)

But of gopher wood there was none to be had.

From Saboteurs on the River by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)