ˈtimberer [f. timber n.1 + -er1.] 1.= timberman 3. 1891in Cent.Dict. 2. A ship engaged in the timber trade. 1849Cupples Green Hand ix. (1856) 81 ‘I'd say she's—not a cruiser, Captain Williamson—no, nor a Greenock Indyman—nor a—’ ‘Oh!’ said Finch, ‘some African timberer or other’.