(architecture) A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.

(architecture) 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.

plural of timber yard

(archaic, idiomatic, poetic) Well-propotioned; symmetrical.

plural of timber hitch

A multiple turn hitch knot used to attach a line or rope to a spar where diagonal strain, or towing, is required. More commonly used with a half hitch added for security.

plural of timber nigger

(ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.

Timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally.

(architecture) Any timber, such as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others.