DCHP-1 Online

frame ((v.)) Fur Trade, Rare

• v. put (the hide of a deer, caribou, etc.) on a board or frame for stretching.

  See also: fur board  stretcher  

  • 1853  While Lucien was framing the skin [of the wapiti] Basil and Norman occupied themselves in cutting the choice pieces of the meat into thin slices and hanging them up before the fire.