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timber-frame
(timber-frame)
adjective
denoting a house or other structure having a wooden frame:
a timber-framed manor house
noun
[
mass noun
]
pre-prepared sections of wood used for building a house:
the use of timber-frame in house-building quadrupled in the 1970s
Derivatives
timber-framed
adjective
timber-framing
noun
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