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ˈframe-house
[f. frame n. and v. + house.]
†1. A house in which things are framed or fashioned. Obs.
a1555Bradford in Certain Lett. (1564) 276 The crosse..is the framehouse in the which god frameth his children like to his sonne Christe.
2. A house constructed with a wooden framework or skeleton covered with boards.
1817J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 331 Every planter..is able to erect a handsome frame-house. 1856Olmsted Slave States 394 In a little white frame-house we found a company of engineers. 1887Spectator 26 Mar. 412/2 A master-carpenter..lived in a comfortable two-story frame-house. |