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betimbering

betimbering is the present participle and gerund of betimber.

Meaning of betimber

Verb

betimber (third-person singular simple present betimbers, present participle betimbering, simple past and past participle betimbered)

  1. (transitive) To build.
    • Wrought there and fashion'd the folk of the Weders A howe on the lithe, that high was and broad, Unto the wave-farers wide to be seen: Then it they betimber'd in time often days, The battle-strong's beacon; [...]1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris
  2. (transitive) To furnish with timber; timber.

Questions about betimbering

What is betimbering the present participle and gerund of?
Betimbering is the present participle and gerund of betimber.

Words near betimbering in the dictionary

  1. betie
  2. beties
  3. betighted
  4. betimber
  5. betimbered
  6. betimbering
  7. betimbers
  8. betime
  9. betimed
  10. betimely
  11. betimes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betimbering (page history and authors); betimber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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