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timber framing

timber framing noun: a method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together.

Noun

timber framing (uncountable)

  1. A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together.

Questions about timber framing

What does timber framing mean?
Timber framing means a method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together.
What part of speech is timber framing?
Timber framing is a noun.

Words near timber framing in the dictionary

  1. Timber Cove
  2. timber drawer
  3. timber drawers
  4. timber flies
  5. timber fly
  6. timber framing
  7. timber hitch
  8. timber hitches
  9. Timber Lake
  10. timber line
  11. timber lines

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