[f. TIMBER v. + -ING1.]
1. The action of the verb TIMBER, in various senses.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 93. Þi bileafden heo heore timbrunge.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 124. Al is to his biheue, & timbrunge touward his blisse.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Maderamiento, timbering, contignatio.
1610. Folkingham, Art of Survey, I. iii. 6. The boaling, spreading, arming, timbring and tapering of Trees.
1844. Simms (title), Practical Tunnelling … the setting out of the works; Shaft sinking,… Timbering [etc.].
1893. Labour Commission Gloss, Timbering, propping up the roof or sides of a mine by means of planks and cogs, &c.
2. concr. Building material (esp. of wood); timber-work; spec. in Mining, the timber used to support the sides of a shaft or the roof of a working.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Hawking, a ij. We shall say that hawkys doon draw when they bere tymbering to their nestes.
1791. Newte, Tour Eng. & Scot., 241. Oak … fit for agricultural utensils, and timbering for the roofs of houses.
1844. Simms, Pract. Tunnelling, xii. 121. The whole of the timbering of the top of the new length is … complete down to the first sill.
1867. Musgrave, Nooks O. France, II. i. 6. A lofty domicile … exhibiting laths, timbering and slatework.
