Usually means: Support beam used in construction.
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  1. jack timber: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-timber, jack timber: Wordnik
  3. jack timber: Wiktionary
  4. Jack timber: Dictionary.com
  5. jack timber: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (architecture) Any timber, such as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others.

Similar:
timber, half-timbering, compass timber, timberyard, timberling, timmer, jackpot, stretcher, tallwood, scantling, more...

Opposite:
jill timber, jenny timber, female timber

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Similar:
timber, half-timbering, compass timber, timberyard, timberling, timmer, jackpot, stretcher, tallwood, scantling, more...

Opposite:
jill timber, jenny timber, female timber



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