vi to make a nest.
2. timber ·vi to light on a tree.
3. timber ·noun the crest on a coat of arms.
4. timber ·noun woods or forest; wooden land.
5. timber ·vt to surmount as a timber does.
6. timber ·noun fig.: material for any structure.
7. timber ·noun the body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
8. timber ·vt to furnish with timber;
chiefly used in the past participle.
9. timber ·noun a rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. one timber is composed of several pieces united.
10. timber ·noun a certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, ·etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty;
called also timmer.
11. timber ·noun that sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like;
usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. ·cf. lumber, 3.
12. timber ·noun a single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.