▪ I. timbering, vbl. n.
(ˈtɪmbərɪŋ)
[f. timber v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb timber, in various senses.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Þi bileafden heo heore timbrunge. a 1225 Ancr. R. 124 Al is to his biheue, & timbrunge touward his blisse. 1591 Percival Sp. Dict., Maderamiento, timbering, contignatio. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. iii. 6 The boaling, spreading, arming, timbring and tapering of Trees. 1844 Simms (title) Practical Tunnelling..the setting out of the works; Shaft sinking,..Timbering [etc.]. 1893 Labour Commission Gloss., Timbering, propping up the roof or sides of a mine by means of planks and cogs, &c. |
2. concr. Building material (esp. of wood); timber-work; spec. in Mining, the timber used to support the sides of a shaft or the roof of a working.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking a ij, We shall say that hawkys doon draw when they bere tymbering to their nestes. 1791 T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 241 Oak..fit for agricultural utensils, and timbering for the roofs of houses. 1844 Simms Pract. Tunnelling xii. 121 The whole of the timbering of the top of the new length is..complete down to the first sill. 1867 Musgrave Nooks O. France II. i. 6 A lofty domicile..exhibiting laths, timbering and slatework. |
▪ II. ˈtimbering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That timbers; constructing, building; of a tree, producing timber.
| 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. iii. 6 The high timbring Oake dilating mightie armes in large extent. 1648 Earl of Westmoreland Otia Sacra (1879) 155 Thou maist as well make wonder less, By fancying of two Timbering Phœnixes At the same time. |