half-timbered
adjective/ˌhɑːf ˈtɪmbəd/
/ˌhæf ˈtɪmbərd/
[usually before noun]- (of a building) having walls that are made from a wooden frame filled with stone, bricks, etc. so that the wooden framework can still be seenCultureHalf-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 Buildingsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryHalf-timbered is used with these nouns:
- cottage
- house
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