| 单词 |
timber-wood |
| 释义 |
timber-wood Now rare. Wood suitable for structural purposes; = timber n.1 3.
c1483Caxton Dialogues 40 Alle the tymbre woode, tous les boys charpentifs. 1579E. K. Gloss in Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Feb. 146 Trees of state, taller trees fitte for timber wood. 1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 52 He shal not meddle with great timber-woode without the assent of his lessor... But the cutting of dead wood is not waste. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. iii. (1712) 47 (heading) The designed Usefulness of Quarries of Stone, Timber-Wood, Metals, and Minerals. 1899Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 7/3 There have..been many substitutes proposed..for breakwaters... Well-knit timber-wood, filled in with stones, does very well. |

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