timber

Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

collect timber

cut down timber

Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

the timbers of a ship

Material for any structure.

The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber!"

By extension, a cry used when anything is falling over.

The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr!"

To fit with timbers.

timbering a roof

To construct, frame, build.

For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nor timbred for it.

To light or land on a tree.

To make a nest.

To surmount as a timber does.