timberwork
[tim-ber-wurk]
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noun
structural work formed of timbers.
Nearby words
- timberjack,
- timberlake,
- timberland,
- timberline,
- timberman,
- timberyard,
- timbre,
- timbrel,
- timbuktu,
- time
Origin of timberwork
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Examples from the Web for timberwork
The dredge conduit is carried by timberwork resting on two of the upright box form stanchions.
Thereupon, 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-DucAt 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-Duc
timberwork
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