subframen.
/ˈsʌbfreɪm/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌfreɪm/ A frame supporting components within a larger structure, a secondary frame; esp. (a) a supporting frame for a window or door, or for panelling, coachwork, etc.; (b) a frame to which the engine, transmission, etc., is attached in a car without a true chassis.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > framing
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > frame or chassis > sub-frame
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1866 U.S. Patent 54,244 3/2 The rollers..and rotary guide I are in a sub-frame, Q.
1929 Motor 1 Oct. 33 (advt.) A sub-frame, on which the body is built, isolates the coachwork from the chassis and prevents distortion; the sub-frame being mounted on the chassis by supports having a certain degree of flexibility.
1944 N. W. Kay Pract. Carpenter & Joiner vi. 138 Care must be taken to prevent any damage by shrinkage. One method..is to form a sub-frame within the main frame. D shows a sub-frame, to carry the glazing, tongued into the frame of the door.
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. v. 88 At least two further wagons were required for ‘loose stuff’—sub-frames, gates and shutters, roundings and so on.
1979 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 18 (advt.) For Sale. Mini 850, 1969, 47,000 miles... New sub-frame, reconditioned gear-box.
1991 Motor Boat & Yachting June 97/1 Lining panels were painted ply, screwed to a sub-frame.
2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 3 It was a C-Class Mercedes, a drug dealer's car..with wheel trim and tail and blue lighting that ran up and down the subframe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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