timber

bois de construction

Bois utilisé pour construire des bâtiments et d’autres grandes structures.

En anglais simple : Wood used for making buildings and other large structures.

• The house is built from timber.
• We ordered more timber for the roof.
• Does this yard sell timber for outdoor use?

Synonymes : lumber

Expressions courantes : timber yard, timber frame, building timber

poutre

Pièce de bois utilisée comme élément d’un bâtiment ou d’une structure.

En anglais simple : A piece of wood used as part of a building or structure.

• One timber had split.
• They replaced the rotten timbers beneath the floor.
• Each timber must be cut to the correct length.

Synonymes : beam

Expressions courantes : heavy timber, roof timber, replace a timber

bois scié

Bois découpé aux dimensions nécessaires et préparé pour la construction.

En anglais simple : Wood cut into useful sizes and prepared for building.

• They sell timber in standard sizes.
• The builder used treated timber for the fence.
• We stacked the freshly cut timber beside the workshop.

Synonymes : lumber

Expressions courantes : sawn timber, seasoned timber, treated timber

bois sur pied

Arbres qui poussent dans une forêt et peuvent être abattus pour fournir du bois.

En anglais simple : Trees growing in a forest that can be cut down for wood.

• The hillside has valuable timber.
• They bought land covered in mature timber.
• The company harvested timber from the northern forest.

Synonymes : timberland, forest

Expressions courantes : standing timber, timber harvest, mature timber

membrure

Grosse pièce de bois qui soutient l’ossature d’un bateau en bois.

En anglais simple : A heavy piece of wood that supports the frame of a wooden ship.

• The ship has oak timbers.
• Water had damaged several timbers in the hull.
• We heard the old boat’s timbers creak in the waves.

Synonymes : beam, rafter

Expressions courantes : ship timber, hull timber, curved timber

boiser, étayer avec du bois

Installer des supports ou une ossature en bois pour soutenir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To provide wooden supports or a wooden frame for something.

• They timber the mine shafts.
• Workers timbered the tunnel before digging further.
• The crew must timber this section to support the roof.

Expressions courantes : timber a shaft, timber a tunnel, timber a roof