timberwork

[tim-ber-wurk]

noun

structural work formed of timbers.

Origin of timberwork

First recorded in 1350–1400, timberwork is from the Middle English word timberwerk. See timber, work

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Historical Examples of timberwork

At 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
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-Duc
The dredge conduit is carried by timberwork resting on two of the upright box form stanchions.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
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British Dictionary definitions for timberwork

timberwork

noun

a structure made of timber

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