ˈtop-ˌtimber Shipbuilding.
One of the uppermost timbers in the side of a ship: see quot. c 1850. Also attrib.
| 1626 Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 8 Then plancke your out-side and inside vp, with your Top timbers. 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Shipwright 20 Marke it on the foot of the Toptimber Mould. 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) C iv b, The top-timbers, which are..united to the floor-timbers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVII. 378/1 The top⁓timber line, is a curve [drawn along the top of the ribs] limiting the height of the ship at each timber. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 156 Top-timbers, the timbers which form the topside: those which reach the tops are called the long top-timbers, and those below..the short top-timbers. |