rigid frame

American  

noun

1. (in iron, steel, and reinforced-concrete construction) a bent having absolutely rigid connections at the knees.

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Other Word Forms

• rigid-frame adjective

Example Sentences

This year, if you put the stronger screen, a more rigid frame, and that water resistance together, you get a story of a third generation of phones that Samsung hopes will finally put the disaster of the original, canceled Galaxy Fold to rest.

From The Verge

Lightweight tent: Most backpacking tents are shaped like a dome and rely on crossing poles and guy lines to create a rigid frame.

From Seattle Times

On one particularly long stretch of brick road, that rigid frame sent every vibration straight through the stock saddle and into my sit-bones.

From The Verge

A tale of domestic horrors — and perhaps an egalitarian manifesto, too, by a playwright who got married during previews — Hamill’s “Dracula” is about the expectation that women will bend themselves to the rigid frame of ladylike behavior, no matter how it deforms them.

From New York Times

Or, rather, half-dresses: the dancers stand behind the garment, which is elaborately draped on a rigid frame and has attached wheels.

From Seattle Times