timbered
Americanadjective
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made of or containing timber or timbers
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covered with trees; wooded
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of timbered
First recorded in 1375–1425, timbered is from the late Middle English word timbred. See timber, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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When the timbered framework and lead sheathing nears completion, at the end of this year, the statues will be put back.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Inside Westminster Hall, beneath the timbered medieval ceiling where Anne Boleyn dined in 1533 after her coronation at nearby Westminster Abbey, there was a hushed reverence.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2022
Practically speaking, locals consider Island Park to be a vast area of timbered hills and valleys stretching 30 miles north-south through Fremont County and a clear 18 miles across it.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021
“We could have sold this cattle and pocketed the money a year ago,” she said of animals grazing on timbered range, at the edge of a mountain valley.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021
It was a large timbered structure, three stories high, the second and third levels leaning far over the alley upon which it faced.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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