Timbering

noun
1.
building material of wood.
2.
timberwork.
noun
1.
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
2.
growing trees themselves.
3.
wooded land.
4.
wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
5.
a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like:
A timber fell from the roof.
6.
Nautical. (in a ship’s frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
7.
personal character or quality:
He’s being talked up as presidential timber.
8.
Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
verb (used with object)
9.
to furnish with timber.
10.
to support with timber.
verb (used without object)
11.
to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
interjection
12.
a lumberjack’s call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.
noun
1.
timbers collectively
2.
work made of timber
noun
1.

wood, esp when regarded as a construction material Usual US and Canadian word lumber
(as modifier): a timber cottage

2.

trees collectively
(mainly US) woodland

3.
a piece of wood used in a structure
4.
(nautical) a frame in a wooden vessel
5.
potential material, for a post, rank, etc: he is managerial timber
verb
6.
(transitive) to provide with timbers
interjection
7.
a lumberjack’s shouted warning when a tree is about to fall
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