timber-framed

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timber-framed Meaning of "timber-framed"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) framed by exposed timbers

Usage(s):

  1. From tiny Azorean settlements like the village at Armao with its colonial-style chapel, to the grand timber-framed Germanic architecture of Blumenau (home to one of the world's .
  2. The severe, timber-framed houses of the New England Puritans are the same houses that were built in Old England, in East Anglia, in the 17th century, because that was what the .

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  • Mr Coleman, who is also vice-chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Authority, said: "Less than a week after a firestorm engulfed the timber-framed development at Colindale, I find myself, somewhat bizarrely, invited to attend a barbecue, of all...
    on Aug 4, 2006 By: Brian Coleman Source: Barnet Times

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