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单词 untimbered
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untimberedadj.1

Etymology: un- prefix1 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtimbered.
1. Not furnished with timbers; frail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built of wood > not furnished with timbers
untimbered1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 42 Where's then the sawcie boate, Whose weake vntymberd sides but euen now Corriuald greatnesse? View more context for this quotation
1814 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) II. 371 The vessel of state is yet too weak and untimbered to buffet the waves.
2. Unprovided with timber; not wooded.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > lacking
woodless1551
unshrubbeda1616
unwooded1628
treeless1794
uncypressed1799
untimbered1808
shrubless1816
bushless1830
groveless1835
timberless1859
forestless1884
unforested1885
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. App. 8 The vast tract of untimbered country..between the..Missouri, Mississippi, and the western Ocean.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Untimbered land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

untimberedadj.2

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b, 2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtimbered.
Stripped of timber; deforested.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of trees
untimbered1618
deforested1887
1618 N. Breton Court & Country A 4 b Your state is weakened and your Land wasted, your Woods vntimberd, your Pastures vnstored.
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