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- noun Plural form of
timber .
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Examples
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The entrance to the hut, a doorway, the stones of which were held up by uncut timbers from the hills, was closed by a blanket hung loosely from the top, beneath and around which light came.
The Zapata interview 2009
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The entrance to the hut, a doorway, the stones of which were held up by uncut timbers from the hills, was closed by a blanket hung loosely from the top, beneath and around which light came.
The Zapata interview 2009
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It is built on a marsh, and Peter the Great ordered up armies of serfs and masses of the timbers from the northwest province of Russia, and the best architects and designers that Europe had to offer.
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It is built on a marsh, and Peter the Great ordered up armies of serfs and masses of the timbers from the northwest province of Russia, and the best architects and designers that Europe had to offer.
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In the Gyarzobi, Paroquet, are six squared timbers from the Spanish mission buildings, measuring 9 by 13 inches, 8 by 12 inches, etc.
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Wherever he went he raised cairns of stone, carved in timbers, buried in lead, the arms of France France's claim to hold Mid-America, the great valleys of the Ohio, the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Arkansas and the Redan empire greater than any king in Europe had ever reigned over.
Four Nations 1934
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For a few weeks in the spring of the year, too, it is a swift and mighty flood that goes sweeping through the valley, carrying on its turbulent waters whirling ice-jams, branches of trees, and even broken bridge-timbers from the far country known as the "Antlers of the Souris."
The Second Chance 1910
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In the Gyarzobi, Paroquet, are six squared timbers from the Spanish mission buildings, measuring 9 by 13 inches, 8 by 12 inches, etc.
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The fact that the timbers are a part of the structure of the building and that each piece helps to support loads and resist forces gives them meaning.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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The fact that the timbers are a part of the structure of the building and that each piece helps to support loads and resist forces gives them meaning.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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