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Half-timbered a. : Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

Example:
Morrowind lovers, anyone see or live in a house like that Half-timbered one just outside that castle?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
half-timbered was Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851), who employed it in her book The Lady of the Manor, ... In South Yorkshire, the oldest timber house in Sheffield, the "Bishops' House" c.1500, shows traditional half-timbered construction. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) half-timber
similar terms
  (adjective) timbered


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