Sentence examples for timber backbone from inspiring English sources

The keel-laying ceremony is a tradition that dates to the era of wooden sailing ships, when the initials of a guest of honor were carved into the keel, or timber backbone, of a ship, to "authenticate" it.

And state companies have struck big oil, coal and timber deals that form the backbone of the economic relationship.

About three-fourths of the country is covered by a dense equatorial rainforest containing more than 3,000 species of vegetation, including the okoumé, a hardwood tree that forms the backbone of Gabon's timber industry.

A backbone".

Hemlock timber.

They are the backbone.

He wants backbone.

He has no backbone".

"Some people have backbone.

They have backbone.

The backbone bit.