Definition of Half-timbered

1. Adjective. Having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture.

Exact synonyms: Half-timber
Similar to: Timbered

Definition of Half-timbered

1. Adjective. (architecture) Describes a building constructed using timber framing methods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-timbered

half-shower
half-showers
half-sibling
half-siblings
half-sister
half-sisters
half-size
half-slip
half-staff
half-standard
half-step
half-steps
half-term
half-tetrad analysis
half-timber
half-timbered (current term)
half-timbering
half-time
half-title
half-track
half-tracked
half-tracker
half-tracks
half-truth
half-truths
half-uncle
half-uncles
half-value layer
half-volley
half-width

Literary usage of Half-timbered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"147 in a house at Rouen which is interesting to com- 147—half-timbered house at Rouen. (From Viollet-le-Duc.) pare with the previous one because it shows an ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... half-timbered houses; House decoration; Housing problem; Log cabins Bibliography Books about the dwelling-house. E. Matson. Craftsman 28:123-4 Ap '15 ..."

3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"147 in a house at Rouen which is interesting to corn- 147—half-timbered house at Rouen. ... Halftimbered ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"A beautiful illustration of a large, half-timbered, three-gabled building, bearing the sign of the Jack Tar, is given on page 90, but it is now taken down. ..."

5. Science and Industry (1899)
"Kaiser, entitled "A Half-Timbered Cottage," which was begun in the August, ... In the case of our half-timbered cottage, we will suppose the place of ..."

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