open frame

noun

, Bowling.

1. a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.

Example Sentences

An open frame-work represents a boat; another differing little from it denotes a chariot.

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The chief part of the mechanism is carried in an open frame, having journals attached to its two ends, which revolve in bearings.

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She removed the short lengths of rusty iron from the open frame and carefully laid them on the ground outside.

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"Take care of that open frame," he had added, cautioning her.

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The brick-mould was an open frame, with one side prolonged into a handle , exactly as the modern mould.

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