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half-tim·bered

(hăf′tĭm′bərd, häf′-) also half-tim·ber (-bər)
adj.
Having a wooden framework, often exposed, with brick, stone, wattle and daub, or other material filling the spaces.
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half-timbered

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half-timber

adj
(Architecture) (of a building, wall, etc) having an exposed timber framework filled with brick, stone, or plastered laths, as in Tudor architecture
ˌhalf-ˈtimbering n
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half′-tim′bered

or half′-tim′ber,



adj.
(of a building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
[1840–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.half-timbered - having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture
half-timber
timbered - furnished with or made of wood or timbers; "timbered walls"
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half-timbered

[ˌhɑːfˈtɪmbəd] ADJ → con entramado de madera
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