| 单词 | balloon framing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon framing balloon framing n. a system of building using balloon frames; (also concrete) such a frame or building; = balloon frame n. 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 1855 Trans. Amer. Inst. N.-Y. 1854 394 in Docs. Assembly State N.-Y. (78th Session, Doc. No. 144) V The balloon framing used in the Western States and California. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 73/2 Balloon framing, a cheap and rapid method of construction in which all timbers are of light scantling, and are held together entirely by nails and spikes, only the corner posts being tenoned: used in place of braced framing. 1994 M. Brinkley Housebuilder's Bible (ed. 5) iv. 40/2 Instead of walls being built in situ as the house went up, they were hammered together in frames on the ground and then hoisted into place. It was called balloon framing because the houses went up so quickly. < as lemmas |
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