| 单词 | balloon frame |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon frame balloon frame n. chiefly U.S. a light wooden framework fitted together to form the skeleton of a building, typically having the vertical timbers extending the full height of the frame; (also) a building made in this way. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] frame1440 mould1570 casea1676 needlework1686 framing1703 shell1705 casework1767 breast beam1828 balloon frame1844 fabric1849 balloon framing1855 armature1878 steel frame1898 1844 Commercial Herald (Milwaukie, Wisconsin Territory) 6 Oct. Permanency is everywhere exhibited..; the balloon frame that marked infancy [in our youthful city], now gives way to the stately brick edifice. 1853 J. W. Bond Minnesota & its Resources 122 A little clump of shanties and balloon-frames. 1873 E. Eggleston Myst. Metropolisville xxxv. 302 When at last he saw the familiar balloon-frame houses. 1927 Warren (Pa.) Tribune 13 Apr. 8/5 The feature of the balloon frame is that the wall studs extend up the full height, with the ends of the second floor joists spiked to their sides. 1945 Archit. Rev. 98 40/2 The great cities could never have arisen as quickly as they did if it were not for the invention of the balloon frame, which substituted a simple construction of nails and plates for the old craft of mortised and tenoned joints in wooden house construction. 1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 68 The framing of houses was revolutionized by a shift from hardwood posts and beams to a ‘balloon frame’ of light softwood studs and joists. 2007 New Haven (Connecticut) Reg. (Nexis) 31 Mar. The fire tore through the balloon-frame house's roof. < as lemmas |
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