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half-timbering

half-timbering noun: a method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.

half-timbering: a method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints...
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Noun

half-timbering (countable and uncountable, plural half-timberings)

  1. A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.

Forms of half-timbering

pluralhalf-timberings

Questions about half-timbering

What does half-timbering mean?
Half-timbering means a method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.
What part of speech is half-timbering?
Half-timbering is a noun.
What is the plural of half-timbering?
The plural of half-timbering is half-timberings.

Words near half-timbering in the dictionary

  1. half-term
  2. half-terms
  3. half-tide
  4. half-timber
  5. half-timbered
  6. half-timbering
  7. half-timberings
  8. half-timbers
  9. half-time
  10. half-timer
  11. half-timers

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