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half-timber

adj. having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture [syn: half-timbered]

Usage examples of "half-timber".

The travelers in the early morning parades had moved through the garden to an old cottage shaded by mulberry trees, its white stucco and half-timbering shrouded in climbing vines.

Exile architecture in the human quarter was a melange of mortared stonework, half-timbering, and quasi-biblical mudplaster, with thick walls for coolness, tiled roofs, vine-hung loggias deep in shadow, and small patios planted with palms, laurels, and aromatic cinnamon trees.

The third-storey gables with their rotting half-timbering sit like an afterthought above the broad bays.

The fake-chalet half-timbering, once cream-coloured, had been painted apple green, and the heavy front door as well.