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frame ((n.)) † 
n. (used attributively) constructed of plank siding, or clapboard, as distinct from logs, bricks, etc.
See also: framer
- 1820 (1955) Others have the wood set perpendicularly, and fixed to beams above and below, previously framed together, the whole size of the building. This is called a frame-house.
- 1825 For Sale . . . A Frame Barn with Stabling, Forty by Forty-two.
- 1961 It was . . . a characteristic hamlet, with a church, a general store, a few frame houses, one brick house, a gas station and, down at the far end, a motel. . . .
- 1820 (1955) Others have the wood set perpendicularly, and fixed to beams above and below, previously framed together, the whole size of the building. This is called a frame-house.