framing timber meaning
[Architecture]
One of the structural members of a timber-framed house; in colonial America, such massive timbers were usually made of hand-hewn oak.
Examples
More: Next- Panelized domes are constructed of separately framed timbers covered in plywood.
- This is penetrated by a barrel-roofed entry porch and elaborately framed timber pediment.
- Conventionally framed timber exposed studwork was used.
- The barn on the property is of a transverse-frame timber construction that has been converted for guest housing.
- Verandahs have single-skin exposed framed timber walls and French doors with fanlights, and rooms have boarded ceilings.
