J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

timber

Definition (n)

1agrowing trees or their wood
b—used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree
2wood suitable for building or for carpentry
3aa large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure
ca curving frame branching outward from the keel of a ship and bending upward in a vertical direction that is usually composed of several pieces united
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