half-timbered

adjective
🔊/ˌhɑːf ˈtɪmbəd/
🔊/ˌhæf ˈtɪmbərd/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (of a building建筑物) having walls that are made from a wooden frame filled with stone, bricks, etc. so that the wooden framework can still be seen露明木架的
    CultureHalf-timbered buildings were especially popular in England in the Tudor period, partly because there was already less good wood available for building by this time.
    Topics Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHalf-timbered is used with these nouns:
    • cottage
    • house
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