There is also some good roof timberand a little ancient glass.
It was evident that Essex was contemplating a move, and orders were issued to the Royalists to stand at arms throughout the night, break down all bridges, and throw baulks of timber across the roads and lanes.
At Tintagel thetimber had even been removed from the great hall "because the walls were ruinous.
To understand the development of the modern ceiling, however, one must trace the two very different influences by which it has been shaped: that of the timber roof of the North and that of the brick or stone vault of the Latin builders.
I ordered Finn not to permit one of them to be touched; to go with a message from me to Hickman, saying that there was a wide difference between cutting timber for farm purposes and carrying on a trade in rivalry with the Baltic.
Dragging timberin this way is exceedingly wearisome, especially if there be not, as is often the case, a full complement of hands.
On such occasions we usually, on our arrival at the timber to be drawn, unite in prayer, and then, fastening to the stick, proceed to work.
We go through several grassy, well-wooded ravines, very nearly on a level, through much fallen timber and thickets.
Dark is the colour of the ash; timber that makes the wheels to go; Rods he furnishes for horsemen's hands, his form turns battle into flight.
Fiercest heat-giver of all timber is green oak, from him none may escape unhurt; By partiality for him the head is set on aching, and by his acrid embers the eye is made sore.
Already the dockyard men were placing large pieces of timber between the ship’s sides and the sides of the dock, wedging them tightly so that she would remain upright when all the water had been pumped out.
Two hours later the ship’s keel gradually lifted, and as she rose higher and higher the timber props floated free, grinding and jostling each other in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a Canadian lumber river.
Nowadays the whole area on which a house is to be raised is covered with cement or with asphalt, and care taken that no timber joists are allowed to touch the earth and thus give entry to the termites.
By the way, there are no yokes, but you'll find some bar-iron and some timber at the blacksmith's shed.
Between the village and the Aruwimi was a belt oftimber fifty yards wide.
Another peculiarity of the Balesse is the condition of their clearings, and some of these are very extensive, quite a mile and a half in diameter, and the whole strewn with the relics, debris, and timber of the primeval forest.
We then traveled till about 10 o'clock in the night, when we encamped at a large grove of timber in a prairie, about four miles from the edge of the woods; made no fire that night.
That wall," mused Strann, "ain't made out of the same timber as the side of the barn.
This chain he looped about the post and the main timber of the gate, snapped the padlock, and threw the key into the distance.
As he did so he was half-conscious of a rustling movement at the other side of the timber against which he leant.
Eben Sharrow rose to his feet, and, aided by his spiked boots, walked along the unsteady baulk of timber and seized hold of Silk's uplifted hand, raising him cautiously until they stood side by side.
Alfred caused two fortresses to be erected on the Lea below them, with vast balks of timber entirely obstructing the river.
The smoke rose from a score of great mounds, where charcoal-burners were converting timber into fuel for the forges.
Here those in front began an attack upon the massive beams with their axes, and when they had somewhat weakened it, battered it with heavy beams of timber until it was completely splintered.
The timber was so thick that we could only see here and there a part of the rebel works, but could form no idea of their range or extent.
In the morning we went to work cleaning out and chopping the fallen timber from the railroad, and then went into camp, and here we are now, five miles out west from Corinth.
Our charge on the 13th was desperate, over the steep and rugged hills, covered with felled timber and under a most terrific fire.
We were drawn up in line of battle, our brigade, under command of Colonel Veatch, in a skirt of timber bordering a large field, on the outer edge of which our troops were engaging the enemy.
The heavy timber on the hillside had been felled, proving a dense mass of brush and logs.
There is sandstone waiting in the quarry to be borne here, and thou hast oaken timber enough cut to build it up.
The remainder of the footways consist of timber planking, laid with half-inch spaces, and covered with a layer of small pebbles as a protection against fire.
Masonry piers were carried up to about 25 feet above the ordinary water-level of the river, and upon these the timber superstructure was erected.
The spaces around the tops of the piles and the under side of the timber platform should be filled in with good cement concrete.
Wrought-iron ballast-plates are fixed all along between the running-rails, and timber planking used for the rest of the floorway.
Viaducts of steel, iron, or timber to be provided with manholes or other facilities for inspection.
Timber superstructures for anything but small spans are rarely adopted now, except for temporary works, or on lines abroad, where the transport on girder-work would be very costly, and where good timber is very cheap and abundant.
A beam of timber is fitted in between the two rolled joist-irons, and the three pieces securely fastened together with strong iron bolts placed about 3 feet apart.
Strong struts or cross-bracing of timber must be placed from side to side inside the coffer-dam to resist the pressure of the water in the river.
Timber sleepers intended for the flange railroad should have the rail-seats grooved by machinery to ensure perfect accuracy in the position of the grooves, and in the angle or inclination of the rail-seats.
So long, however, as good, well-creosoted timber sleepers can be obtained for our home railways at prices from 3s.
In the early days of railways, many large viaducts were constructed having masonry piers, andtimber trusses to carry the roadway.
Most of these grand old timber houses in Norway have indeed, by this time, been so burned down.
The timber from the barrens became an article of great demand; and those comparatively valueless wilds bade fair to yield an immense revenue to their owners.
I believe, Mr. Cross, that we can do nothing about the timber this morning.
The owners of these forests lived at some distance, and employed an agent to attend to all the various labors of preparing the timber and conveying it to market.
The timber was indeed large, and its value, when it reached the market, considerable; but the cost of preparing it and transporting it so far left but a trifling return to the owner.
He had a fine lot of timberfor sale, and would be glad to contract with them for it.
I suppose it wouldn't be much use taking the timberand stuff that he is building that boat with?
Shillelagh is, or was, a famous wood in Wicklow, from which the timberwas brought for the roof of Westminster Hall.
Lengths of single six-inch boards or slabs on each side, supported by the projecting ends of short pieces of timber nailed across the legs of the table to serve as seats.
Cloud of red dust in the dead timber behind, going up--noon-day dust.
At the edge of the timber a great galvanised-iron shed, nearly all roof, coming down to within 6ft.
The school at Mazingarbe made an excellent dining room for two of the companies and through the kindness of a Royal Engineer company in the village the officers were able to secure the necessary timber to improvise tables and chairs.
They were revetted with hurdles and planks of timber which were kept in position by iron pickets, which were securely wired to anchor pickets driven sideways into the walls of the trench.
Another minute and she struck with a deep, crashing sound, that made every timber in her frame vibrate, so great was the shock.
It has likewise most excellent timber for building ships.
The stone is brought from an excellent quarry near Futtipoor, formerly mentioned, and may be cut like timber by means of saws, so that planks for ceilings are made from it, almost of any size.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "timber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
