BALLOON FRAME


Meaning of BALLOON FRAME in English

a wooden building frame composed of machine-sawed scantlings fastened with nails, having studs rising the full height of the frame with the joists nailed to the studs and supported by sills or by ribbons let into the studs.

[ 1850-55, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .