half-timbered

or half-tim·ber

[ haf-tim-berd, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˈtɪm bərd, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

(of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.

Words nearby half-timbered

half-staff, half-starved, half-step, half-stuff, half-tide, half-timbered, half-time, half-title, half-track, half-truth, half-turn

Origin of half-timbered

First recorded in 1840–50

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Examples from the Web for half-timbered

Here in Henley Street, in a half-timbered house recently carefully restored, Shakespeare was born.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment|Charles E. Bolton
The half-timbered houses and cottages introduce another pleasant feature into the landscape.
The Motor Routes of England|Gordon Home
The attic gables, etc., would be half-timbered in oak, and the roof covered with red Fareham tiles laid on felt.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883|Various
Edgell's home was a half-timbered house standing in an acre of lawn and flower garden.
The Secret of the Silver Car|Wyndham Martyn

Smaller houses were in plan very like the half-timbered houses of the yeomen, only on a larger scale, and more richly ornamented.
Social Life in England Through the Centuries|H. R. Wilton Hall

British Dictionary definitions for half-timbered

half-timbered

half-timber

adjective

(of a building, wall, etc) having an exposed timber framework filled with brick, stone, or plastered laths, as in Tudor architecture

Derived forms of half-timbered

half-timbering, noun

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