Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Timber or objects and structures made of it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Timber-work; timbers collectively: as, the timbering of a mine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
structure , partial structure, or other item made fromtimber .
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Examples
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Bolt support can be an alternative to timbering which is what is commonly used in the developing countries.
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Now Peveril learned for the first time what "timbering" a mine meant, and realized the necessity for the huge piles of great logs that he had seen above ground in close proximity to the shaft.
The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Kirk Munroe 1890
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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They weren't paid for "dead work," which was work that was not seen as mining for coal, such as timbering supports to keep the mine safe.
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Paintings are inspired by mock-Tudor suburbia, with Woods refiguring monochrome timbering as geometric abstractions in union flag patterns.
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I'd apologize later but all I could do was tip myself over the bed like a timbering tree and fall asleep at last.
Nobody Steps Forward 2010
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