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timberwork
[ tim-ber-wurk ]
noun
- structural work formed of timbers.
timberwork
/ ˈtɪmbəˌwɜːk /
noun
- a structure made of timber
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Word History and Origins
Origin of timberwork1
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Example Sentences
An upholstery technique used in the 1700s makes the silk glued onto molded timberwork atop the bed look like liquid gold.
At night the filling-in of the fosse was consolidated by timberwork, on which were spread brushwood and turf.
Thereupon, trees were felled in the forest on the plateau, and the timberwork of the houses of the lower town brought away.
The dredge conduit is carried by timberwork resting on two of the upright box form stanchions.
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