half-timber

adjective
[L1521282]

Compounds

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Forms

  • positive : half-timber

Senses

  • constructed of wood framing with spaces filled with masonry

half-timber

noun
[L1521285]

Forms

  • singular : half-timber
  • plural : half-timbers

Senses

  • Shipbuilding. Each of a number of timbers in a ship's frame which do not cross the keel, but have their lower ends butted against the centreline timbers, typically used at the ends of the ship, and able to be arranged at angles other than a right angle to the keel.
  • Architecture. Each of the timbers used in constructing a half-timber building; (also) a timber used decoratively on a building to give the appearance of half-timber construction. Usually in plural

half-timber

noun
[L1521284]

Forms

  • singular : half-timber
  • plural : half-timbers

Senses

  • Shipbuilding. Each of a number of timbers in a ship's frame which do not cross the keel, but have their lower ends butted against the centreline timbers, typically used at the ends of the ship, and able to be arranged at angles other than a right angle to the keel