half-timbering
noun
- heavy timbers forming the frame (typically left exposed, especially for decorative effect) of a house, wall, or storey, the gaps in between the timbers being filled with any of various materials such as bricks, wattle and daub, etc.
- boarding added to a house to give a similar decorative effect
Wiktionary
noun
- A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.