These sheaths would have been built around a wooden core, which does not survive in the archaeological record.

The leather "skin" on one had begun to peel from the wooden core.

The computer designed boats are built around a wooden core using epoxy and cloth.

The wooden core gives the bow its shape and dimensional stability.

The outside door usually consists of a light composite material made from steel with a wooden core.

It is a wooden core covered with sheets of thin gold leaf.

The oldest dates from around 1660 and is made of silver around a wooden core.

One example found in Cologne has a body made entirely of bronze without a wooden core.

Most bombards started with the construction of a wooden core surrounded by iron bars.

These would have been made with thin sheets of precious metal over a wooden core.