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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Timber \Tim"ber\, noun [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. {Timmer}.] (Com.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also {timmer}. [Written also {timbre}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Timmer \Tim"mer\, noun Same as 1st {Timber}. [Scot.]
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