ˈtimberer
[f. timber n.1 + -er1.]
1. = timberman 3.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |
2. A ship engaged in the timber trade.
| 1849 Cupples Green Hand ix. (1856) 81 ‘I'd say she's—not a cruiser, Captain Williamson—no, nor a Greenock Indyman—nor a—’ ‘Oh!’ said Finch, ‘some African timberer or other’. |