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timber-clad

timber-clad is the alternative form of timberclad.

Meaning of timberclad

Adjective

timberclad (not comparable)

  1. Covered or sheathed with timber; having an exterior layer of wood.
    • Prof. Shimek, who has studied the fossils and argues strongly for the eolian origin, says the shells found at Council Bluffs, Iowa and at other points were denizens of timberclad hills.1908, Geologisches Centralblatt [Geological Review], volume X, Leipzig: VERLAG VON GEBRÜDER BORNTRAEGER, page 104
  2. (historical) Describing a warship armored with thick wooden planks for protection, especially during the American Civil War.
    • Three timberclad gunboats also joined the federal flotilla as escorts for the troop transports.2001, Louis S. Gerteis, Civil War St. Louis, illustrated edition, University Press of Kansas, page 243

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Questions about timber-clad

What is timber-clad the alternative form of?
Timber-clad is the alternative form of timberclad.

Words near timber-clad in the dictionary

  1. timber rattlesnakes
  2. timber wolf
  3. timber wolves
  4. timber yard
  5. timber yards
  6. timber-clad
  7. timber-land
  8. timber-lands
  9. timber-toe
  10. timber-toes
  11. TimberBiel

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