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half-timbered Definition

half·-timbered (-tim′bərd)

adjective

Archit. made of a wooden framework having the spaces filled with plaster, brick, etc.

half-timbered Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • gable: The south transept has a half-timbered gable with restored Jacobean carving.
  • inn: The Bell Hotel is everything you'd expect from a beautiful half-timbered coaching inn.
  • house: The half-timbered house on the right stands where the Odeon Cinema would be built in 1936.
  • cottage: They lived together in a small half-timbered cottage in Lower Quinton that Walton rented for 3 shillings a week.
  • building: The half-timbered building by the cars is the Prince of Wales public house.
  • hotel: This magnificent, half-timbered hotel is just a few minutes ' easy walk from the Royal Shakespeare Theater and Stratford's attractive town center.