half-timbered
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half-timbered
- /ˌhɑːf ˈtɪmbəd/ UK
- /ˌhæf ˈtɪmbɚd/ US
Where it comes from
From half- (prefix meaning ‘half, partial; not complete’) + timbered.
adjective halftimbered
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Of a building: constructed using a load-bearing timber frame with the spaces (panels) between the timbers filled with bricks, stone, or wattle and daub, etc. (the infill), especially if the timber frame is visible on the outside of the building.
Having ideally supposed that the County Town must be superior to all others in point of beauty and extent, we were disappointed to find it a small place, consisting of about a hundred half-timbered houses forming a miserable street.
Similar: half-timber
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adj constructed using a load-bearing timber frame with the spaces between the timbers filled with bricks, etc.
| Español | con entramado de madera |
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