noun
: a light timber frame for buildings in which a platform is constructed at each floor and the studs for the next floor are erected on this platform usually with an intervening soleplate — compare balloon frame
noun
: a light timber frame for buildings in which a platform is constructed at each floor and the studs for the next floor are erected on this platform usually with an intervening soleplate — compare balloon frame
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012