Definition of 'half-timbered'
adjective
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half-timbered in British English
or half-timber
adjective
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half-timbering (ˌhalf-ˈtimbering) noun
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half-timbered in American English
adjective
Architecture
made of a wooden framework having the spaces filled with plaster, brick, etc.
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half-timbered in American English
(ˈhæfˈtɪmbərd, ˈhɑːf-)
adjective
(of a house or building)
having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like
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