If it isn't the same ship — if restoration has crossed into replication — which piece of timber was decisive?
Beam, in engineering, originally a solid piece of timber, as a beam of a house, a plow, a loom, or a balance.
A log or other piece of timber was laid on the ground or floor, and the carpenter stood astride or on it, swinging the adz in a picklike action down and toward himself.
At the top of the stairs, a man not in uniform – identified in several witness statements and the Cornall report as Kaluvia – stood carrying a large piece of timber with nails sticking out of the end.
Alongside these works, which offer us a glimpse into Constable's childhood, is a rare example of the work of the artist as a juvenile delinquent – a carving of a windmill, which Constable gouged with a penknife into a piece of timber from his father's mill.
Twenty-seven years later, when Dr Johnson lost his walking stick in the Highlands, he quipped to Boswell: "Consider, sir, the value of such a piece of timber here!" Whatever the truth about the past may be, the new Caledonian forest is certainly taking shape.
Traditional stocks made from a single piece of timber, or laminated stocks.
He walked onto the grounds, stood before his angry teacher and held out his piece of timber.
He decided to bring his teacher a piece of timber and give it to her as a peace offering.
