timberwork
structural work formed of timbers.
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How to use timberwork in a sentence
An upholstery technique used in the 1700s makes the silk glued onto molded timberwork atop the bed look like liquid gold.
Savoir Beds’ Royal State Bed: Just Perfect, If You Have $175,000 | Daniel Gross | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt night the filling-in of the fosse was consolidated by timberwork, on which were spread brushwood and turf.
Annals of a Fortress | E. Viollet-le-DucThereupon, trees were felled in the forest on the plateau, and the timberwork of the houses of the lower town brought away.
Annals of a Fortress | E. Viollet-le-DucThe dredge conduit is carried by timberwork resting on two of the upright box form stanchions.
British Dictionary definitions for timberwork
/ (ˈtɪmbəˌwɜːk) /
a structure made of timber
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