timber-work

With a very steady hand he took the candle from inside the horn, and kindled that tail of the fuse; and then replacing his light, he recrossed the open timber-work, and swiftly remounted the ladder of escape.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Limba well workable, can well be glued, stained and varnished, susceptible to wood pests, weather-proof prolonged inflammations caused by splinter injuries are possible for veneer and plywood production, interior work, for doors and windows, parquet, panelling, for furniture and timber-work

1. Wood Dieter Zemmrich 1993

Windows and other decoration have been lavished upon the interior, the money expended amounting to several thousands of pounds, a sum which might have been spent with more benefit to the fabric, upon purchasing the precincts, and on repairing the timber-work which supports the roof.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire

{139} Balise is a fort built on an island of sand, secured by a great number of piles bound with good timber-work.

History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

Aubrey mentions it particularly, as measuring "more than forty feet above the battlements, with five great bells, the tenour weighing 2000 weight, which were melted with the spire and all the timber-work destroyed 1606."

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

They hung from the lower portions of the timber-work, or ran in and out between the upright supports, humming tunes, with bread-and-dripping in their hands; or they sat on the ground and pushed themselves forward across the sticky flagstones.

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

And the timber-work, which provided the sole access to the upper stories!

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

But he built the house well "-- and Lasse kicked the thin mud-daubed wall --" and the timber-work is good.

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

They were soon under the very roof, in the maze of timber-work.

The Phantom of the Opera 1911

All that was left of the timber-work after the wreckage of the terrible winter was now brightly blazing.

Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911