n.
- wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.
▸trees grown for such wood.
▸a wooden beam or board used in building and shipbuilding.
- US informal suitable quality or character:
she is hailed as presidential timber.
exclam.
used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut.
Derivative
- timbered adj.
- timbering n.
Etymology
OE in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Gmc origin.