Meaning Of Timber

n.

A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.

n.

The crest on a coat of arms.

v. t.

To surmount as a timber does.

n.

That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.

n.

The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

n.

Fig.: Material for any structure.

n.

A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.

n.

Woods or forest; wooden land.

n.

A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.

v. t.

To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

v. i.

To light on a tree.

v. i.

To make a nest.