Definition of Timber-framed

1. Adjective. Framed by exposed timbers. "A magnificently timbered old barn"

Similar to: Timbered

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timber-framed

timarau
timaraus
timariot
timariots
timars
timba
timbal
timbale
timbale case
timbalero
timbaleros
timbales
timbals
timber
timber-camp
timber-framed (current term)
timber-rafting
timber camp
timber framing
timber hitch
timber hitches
timber line
timber rafting
timber rattlesnake
timber stand improvement
timber wolf
timber wolves
timber yard

Literary usage of Timber-framed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Every set of plans of a timber framed structure should fulfill the following ... Turning to the timber framed building, one sometimes sees plans where the ..."

2. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"Queen-posts ; two upright pieces of timber, framed below into the tie-beam, ... Auxiliary rafters ; pieces of timber framed in the same vertical plane with ..."

3. Elements of Mechanical Drawing: The Use of Instruments, Theory of Projection by Gardner Chace Anthony (1909)
"To make an isometric drawing of an oblique timber framed into a horizontal timber. Fig. 138 illustrates a side view of the timbers, and Fig. ..."

4. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"Other pieces of timber are introduced in roofs of a greater span ; which we shall here describe. Queen-posts ; two upright pieces of timber, framed below ..."

5. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... Vertical types—Mound typos—Action of waves against vertical faces—timber-framed breakwaters—Breakwaters with side walls of masonry and hearting of loose ..."

6. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"... Positions of Main Girders and End Cradles—Goliath and Gantry Framings—Definitions—Timber- framed Goliath—Steel-framed ditto—Framing of Gantry Crane. ..."

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