6. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: 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. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. — Timber beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvæ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). — Timber doodle (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.S.] — Timber grouse (Zoöl.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; — distinguished from prairie grouse. — Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch. — Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. — Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. — Timber sow. (Zoöl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. — Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. — Timber worm (Zoöl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. — Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
TIMBER
Tim"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]
Defn: To furnish with timber; — chiefly used in the past participle.
His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.
TIMBER
Tim"ber, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry)
Defn: To make a nest.
TIMBERED
Tim"bered, a.
1. Furnished with timber; — often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange.