a certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.-the crest on a coat of arms.-to surmount as a timber does.-that sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing.  cf. lumber, 3.-the body, stem, or trunk of a tree.-fig.: material for any structure.-a single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.-woods or forest; wooden land.-a rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. one timber is composed of several pieces united.-to furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.-to light on a tree.-to make a nest.