单词 | untimbered |
释义 | untimberedadj.1 1. Not furnished with timbers; frail. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Stripped of timber; deforested. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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