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Cant timbers
Cant Cant, n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. ? the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.] 1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. --B. Jonson. 2. An outer or external angle. 3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. --Totten. 4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant. 5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. --Knight. 6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. --Knight. 7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.
Top-timbers
Top-timbers Top"-tim`bers, n. (Naut.) The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

Meaning of TIMBERS from wikipedia

- The Portland Timbers are an American professional soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member...
- early twelfth century, timbers were standardized to eight cross-sectional dimensions. Regardless of the actual dimensions of the timber, the ratio between...
- in plain timber frames. A cruck is a pair of crooked or curved timbers which form a bent (U.S.) or crossframe (UK); the individual timbers are each called...
- "Shiver me timbers" (or "shiver my timbers" in Standard English) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates...
- my timbers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shiver My timbers (or My) Timbers may refer to: Shiver my timbers, an exclamation Shiver My Timbers (1931)...
- Battle of Fallen Timbers – Chickasaw.TV Battle of Fallen Timbers Battle of Fallen Timbers – Encyclopædia Britannica Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort...
- as "Twisted Timbers" on March 24, 2018, featuring three overbanked turns, three inversions, and twenty airtime moments. Twisted Timbers is also faster...
- ME TIMBERS (2025)". Horror Brains. Retrieved March 11, 2025. "Shiver Me Timbers". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2025. Hamman, Cody. "Shiver Me Timbers trailer:...
- Grammy Award. Timbers received the Drama League Founder's Award for Excellence in Directing and the Jerome Robbins Award for Directing. Timbers received a...
- Portland Timbers, he came back in 2001 to join the new Portland Timbers. On January 24, 2008, Jim announced his retirement. He was replaced by Timber Joey...