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Definition of Timbered

1. Adjective. Furnished with or made of wood or timbers. "Timbered walls"

2. Adjective. Covered with growing timber. "Hills timbered up to their summits"

Definition of Timbered

1. a. Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.

Definition of Timbered

1. Adjective. Wooded, having timber on it, forested ¹

2. Adjective. Made from timber, especially large or coarsely finished. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timbered

1. timber [v] - See also: timber

Medical Definition of Timbered

1. 1. Furnished with timber; often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. 2. Built; formed; contrived. 3. Massive, like timber. "His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled." (Spenser) 4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timbered

timber framing timber hitch timber hitches timber line timber rafting timber rattlesnake timber stand improvement timber wolf timber wolves timber yard

timber yards timberdoodle timberdoodles timbered (current term) timberhead timberheads timbering timberings timberland timberlands

timberless timberlike timberline timberlines timberling timberlings timberman timbermen

Literary usage of Timbered

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

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1784 The country in general is considered as well timbered. ... 1817 We are so taken with the prairies, that no " timbered " land can satisfy our present ..."

2. The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History by Charles Lanman (1871)
"The different species of soil consist of heavily-timbered land, ... The heavily-timbered land consists of tracts which are densely wooded with a variety of ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE timbered MOUNDS OF THE KAW RESERVATION. ... may be conveniently grouped under two heads: First, the Kaw reservation, or the timbered ..."

4. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"147 in a house at Rouen which is interesting to com- 147—Half-timbered house at Rouen ... timbered ..."

5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"The localities may be conveniently grouped under two heads: First, the Kaw reservation, or the timbered Mounds proper; and second, the Maple City locality. ..."

6. Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year by John Charles Frémont (1845)
"Several large islands raised their high rocky heads out of the waves; but whether or not they were timbered, was still left to our imagination, ..."

7. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"About 33 per cent, of Bandera is timbered. Live-oaks ami the other oaks are ... Only 20 per cent, of Williamson is timbered, the remainder being prairie. ..."

8. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... Half-timbered houses; House decoration; Housing problem; Log cabins Bibliography Books about the dwelling-house. E. Matson. Craftsman 28:123-4 Ap '15 ..."

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