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braced frame
noun
, Carpentry.
- a building frame employing a heavy, braced framework of solid girts mortised into solid posts the full height of the frame, with studs one story high filling the interstices.
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Corner braces are very desirable and in the old-fashioned braced frame were mortised into plate and post, and sill and post.
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