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timbering

timbering noun: any structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber. Also the present participle and gerund of timber.

Noun

timbering (countable and uncountable, plural timberings)

  1. Any structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber.
    • The timbering and centring used for the construction of the main arch were exceptionally massive, and were acclaimed as masterpieces of joinery in contemporary reports on the progress of the work.1949 May and June, “Notes and News: Construction of the Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 202

Also used as

timbering is also the present participle and gerund of timber.

Forms of timbering

pluraltimberings

Origin of timbering

From timber + -ing.

Words formed from timbering

Questions about timbering

What does timbering mean?
Timbering means any structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber.
What part of speech is timbering?
Timbering is a noun.
What is the plural of timbering?
The plural of timbering is timberings.

Words near timbering in the dictionary

  1. timberers
  2. timbergetter
  3. timbergetters
  4. timberhead
  5. timberheads
  6. timbering
  7. timberings
  8. timberish
  9. timberjack
  10. timberjacks
  11. Timberlake

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