timber

Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

(outside North America) 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.

A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

To fit with timbers.

“timbering a roof”

To construct, frame, build.

To light or land on a tree.

To make a nest.

To surmount as a timber does.

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