Origin of timber
Related Words for timber
forest, log, hardwood, girder, rafter, balk, club, grove, stake, woodland, beam, pole, woods, board, frame, boom, rib, plank, mast, wealdExamples from the Web for timber
Contemporary Examples of timber
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Despite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Though the company imports its wood from a timber supplier, they cut and process it.
One outfitter found a camp in timber—a Nichols camp, with a fresh three-rock campfire.
They took off through the timber, and so began a five-month hunt for two men in the wilds of America.
Historical Examples of timber
Me and Lawyer Fillmore has been a-lookin' into them deeds, and this timber is mine;' and he driv off.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
She always seemed natural to me; and I had got to know every timber and stick about her.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
This process was continued through the whole length of the timber.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The first timber was drawn by a rope, and floated to its place.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The timber growth—none at all or very scanty spruce and tamarack.
The Long Labrador TrailDillon Wallace