web frame

noun

Nautical.

1. a deep transverse frame reinforcing the hull of a ship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of web frame¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Notably, these and other headlines around the web frame the discovery as a big concern.

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To move fore and aft, for example, you must negotiate a web frame, wade through bilge water and navigate past transducer tanks�remember them?

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The engines are mounted on powder-coated steel I-beams that are bolted to the forward engineroom bulkhead and a stout web frame aft.

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The Improved Circular Web Frame, for drawers and shirts, built of any size and gage.

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"I agree with you," said a huge web frame by the main cargo hatch.

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