ˈframe-house
[f. frame n. and v. + house.]
† 1. A house in which things are framed or fashioned. Obs.
| a 1555 Bradford in Certain Lett. (1564) 276 The crosse..is the framehouse in the which god frameth his children like to his sonne Christe. |
2. A house constructed with a wooden framework or skeleton covered with boards.
| 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 331 Every planter..is able to erect a handsome frame-house. 1856 Olmsted Slave States 394 In a little white frame-house we found a company of engineers. 1887 Spectator 26 Mar. 412/2 A master-carpenter..lived in a comfortable two-story frame-house. |