Isherwood framing

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noun Naval Architecture.

a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.

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Also called Isherwood system, longitudinal framing.

Origin of Isherwood framing

First recorded in 1910–15; named after B. F. Isherwood (1822–1915), American engineer

Words nearby Isherwood framing

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How to use Isherwood framing in a sentence

The framing was that I had the power to stop a criminal by putting him behind bars through direct eyewitness testimony.
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The framing is similar, and in both, the depiction of the male body is that of a graceful carving.
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So how is that framing usage relevant to the decision in McCutcheon?
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You create more sleep issues when you start framing your problems based on a premise that may not be true.
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But I'm framing up my think-works so I won't be surprised at anything I see or hear after to-night.
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He assisted in framing the federal constitution, and made himself useful to his country in various ways.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
You may keep on framing stringent game laws as long as you choose, but you cannot kill an overmastering instinct.
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The pairs of rafts are joined by three baulks 15 ft. long laid in parallel grooves in the framing.
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Government had for some time been occupied in framing a scheme for the arrangement of the question of church-rates.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan