timberwork
Structural wood elements
Timberwork is construction using wooden beams and frames, or the wooden structural elements themselves: The cathedral's timberwork dates to the fourteenth century.
The term emphasizes craftsmanship in wood—the joining of heavy timbers into load-bearing frameworks for buildings, bridges, or ships.
Rays or supports
- trussesTriangulated load-bearing frames
- joistsHorizontal building beams
- raftersSloped roof beams
- purlinsHorizontal roof framing members
posts · columns · girders · studs · braces · battens · sills · struts
Fitting wood pieces together
- mortise-and-tenonInterlocking wood joint
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
- peggedFastened or classified
- post-and-beamConstruction using upright-and-crosspiece joints
dado · rabbet · tongue-and-groove · treenail
beams
Rays or supports
purlins · posts · columns · girders · studs · braces · battens · sills · struts · ridgepole
joinery
Fitting wood pieces together
- mortise-and-tenonInterlocking wood joint
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
- peggedFastened or classified
post-and-beam · dado · rabbet · tongue-and-groove · treenail
hewn
Cut or shaped
notched · planed · sanded · varnished · oiled · charred · weathered · seasoned
barn
Agricultural storage structure
longhouse · mead-hall · granary · mill · boathouse · gatehouse