rigid frame

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noun

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

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rigid-frame, adjective

The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.
Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering?|Michael Tomasky|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Beyond that, how will China evolve its rigid Internet policy?
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Doctors are prohibited from doing what a patient needs by rigid practice guidelines.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.
The End of Truthiness: Stephen Colbert’s Sublime Finale|Noel Murray|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
There was a slight shuddering movement of his whole frame—Bob was dead.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The scarlet calico canopy was again set up over the bed, and the woven cradle, on its red manzanita frame, stood near.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Old Warrender retired to his study in a rather excited frame of mind, excusing himself on the ground of his age.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
William Penn, published in England his frame of government for the colony of Pennsylvania.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell