web frame
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of web frame
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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?
From Time Magazine Archive
The engines are mounted on powder-coated steel I-beams that are bolted to the forward engineroom bulkhead and a stout web frame aft.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I agree with you," said a huge web frame by the main cargo hatch.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
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