Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yard or place where timber is deposited or sold; a wood- or lumber-yard.
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Examples
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Terms & Expressions: chantier de bois = timber-yard chantier de construction navale = shipyard les chantiers de la marine = the dock-yards être en chantier = to be under construction chantier (in Canadian French) = lumberjack's headquarters
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Terms & Expressions: chantier de bois = timber-yard chantier de construction navale = shipyard les chantiers de la marine = the dock-yards être en chantier = to be under construction chantier (in Canadian French) = lumberjack's headquarters
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Terms & Expressions: chantier de bois = timber-yard chantier de construction navale = shipyard les chantiers de la marine = the dock-yards être en chantier = to be under construction chantier (in Canadian French) = lumberjack's headquarters
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There, extended along the fence, lay a ladder which by day served the laborers in the neighboring timber-yard.
Les Miserables 2008
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Jean Valjean was sitting in a cross-walk on some planks deposited at the gate of a timber-yard.
Les Miserables 2008
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They plundered the timber-yard in the Rue Transnonain in order to obtain material for barricades.
Les Miserables 2008
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Her husband restlessly walked in and out from the timber-yard, stared at the interior of the room, jerked out “ay, ay,” and retreated again.
The Woodlanders 2006
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The timber-yard was an excellent playground, so the elder of my brothers and I never missed friends to play with.
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To the right and some distance back from the road was the timber-yard which had been the scene of the fire.
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A small timber-yard still exists, however, at the back of the house, and last night, about twelve o'clock, an alarm was given that one of the stacks was on fire.
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