limewood

English

Etymology

From lime² (ultimately from Old English lind) +‎ wood.

Noun

limewood (usually uncountable, plural limewoods)

1. (UK) The wood from the lime tree or linden tree.

   Synonyms: basswood, linden wood

   • 2008 June 13, Carol Vogel, “Darkness Was Muse for a Master of Light”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But he would not publicly confirm his purchase of “Hercules and Achelous,” or another rarity that experts say he bought this year: a limewood figure of St. Catherine by the German Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider that went for $6.3 million at Sotheby’s in January.

Translations

wood from a lime tree or linden tree

• French: bois de tilleul m
• German: Linde (de) f, Lindenholz (de) n

Anagrams

• woodmeil