vakwerk

Meaning

1. (neuter) a good, professional-level job, ably skilled performance
2. (neuter) a construction technique where a building's (exterior) wall is divided up by wooden laths into squares, often subdivided diagonally, then each square or triangle filled up with plaster etc.; a timber-framing construction
3. (neuter) a truss, a support structure of interconnected beams or girders forming triangles

Concepts

timber framing

framework

trelliswork

workmanship

half-timbering

framed structure

Synonyms

beroep

Translations

Zimmerwerk

Gebälk

Gerüst

Fachwerk

enxaimel

entramado

colombage

traliccio

struttura a traliccio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɑk.ʋɛrk/

Etymology

Compound of vak (“section, compartment; business, trade”) + werk (“work”). The sense “timber framing” is likely derived from German Fachwerk.