limewood
The pale, fine-grained timber of the common lime (Tilia europaea) or linden tree, prized by woodcarvers since the Middle Ages for its even texture and ease of cutting.
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The pale, fine-grained timber of the common lime (Tilia europaea) or linden tree, prized by woodcarvers since the Middle Ages for its even texture and ease of cutting. Grinling Gibbons used it for the elaborate baroque carvings in St Paul's Cathedral. Unrelated to the citrus lime tree.
The restorer chose limewood to replace the damaged panel because it carved almost as cleanly as the 17th-century original.
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(UK) The wood from the lime tree or linden tree.
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