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The other slammed into the hull, lodging in a main timber.

They are fastened inside the stringers opposite every third main timber.

The original boats were clinker built and used Kauri as the main timber.

The main timber station building has been fenced off, replaced by a new passenger shelter alongside.

The main timber used is maple, for both the body and the glued-in, three-piece neck.

In pre-partition days, it was the main timber market of Punjab Region.

Just treat the hull and main timbers.

What it was doing was laying a track, rather than a bridge, but since these were the main timbers, the operation was the same.

The winding gear is badly rusted and pieces of it are scattered around the site, however the main timbers remain in good condition.

It used housed joints in main timbers to allow for interchangeable braces and girts.

Chains began to snake downward from iron hooks which sprouted from the main timbers.

The main timber varieties were Blackbutt, stringy and iron bark and blue gum.

The main timber species of Betul Forest is Teak.

Down its main timber there ran a succession of stout iron hooks, and others in the same manner down the stern-post.

But the First, Hon- ninscrave, and then Pitchwife snatched up the main timbers.

The main timbers of the bell tower have been dated by dendrochronology to 1192, making this one of the oldest timber-framed structures in England.

In times past, timber getting was the main reason for settlement in the area, with red cedar and hoop pine the main timber trees.

Kanggye hosts one of the main timber processing factories of Chagang province and North Korea.

Behind him, on the roof, Denalle and Huldran spiked roof tiles onto the cross-stringers mortised into the main timbers to provide a flat surface.

Angelo had ripped away one of the main timbers of the door and had dislodged two of the extra planks which had been wedging it shut.

Then we're going to require refrigeration storage to keep the main timbers from eroding, and of course somewhere to store the main hull itself, when we eventually bring it up.'

He had four tons of rubbish removed from the crossing tower and the main timbers reinforced (1931-32), and invested in the extensive use of insecticide throughout the wood structures.

When he built the Playhouse, he scavenged floor boards from a school and lights from an ice-cream parlor, and he traded four bottles of rye whisky for the main timber beams.

Parts of the render on the north wing have fallen off, revealing the timber frame to the upper storeys, which has ornamental panelling including roundel designs, and carved quatrefoil and fleur-de-lys motifs to the main timbers.

The hammer posts and brackets support nothing, as all the weight of the roof is braced and supported by the massive side walls via the main timber ribs of the roof and the pillars inside the train shed.