timbered

English

Etymology

timber +‎ -ed

Adjective

timbered (comparative more timbered, superlative most timbered)

1. Wooded; bearing timber; forested.
   • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Roger Malvin's Burial”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:

     His steps were imperceptibly led almost in a circle; nor did he observe that he was on the verge of a tract of land heavily timbered, but not with pine-trees.

   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 29:

     It [the Platte River] is destitute of timber along its banks, but there are here and there islands which are well timbered.

2. Made from timber, especially large or coarsely finished timber.
   • 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:

     The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.

Derived terms

• clean-timbered
• half-timbered

Verb

timbered

1. simple past and past participle of timber