LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brian McKeon
and Danette Wineberg, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned's capacity
 as an officer, director and/or stockholder of The Timberland
Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments
thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendment
thereto and timely file such form with the United States
securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary
or desirable in connection with the foregoing authority,
it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


	The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transaction in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 17th day of
May 2003.

Peter R. Moore
Print Name of Reporting
Person or Entity



/s/ Peter R. Moore
Signature of Reporting person