Meaning of window-frame | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of window frame.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“She sat until all around her was in darkness, until not a spray of roses which twined about the window-frames from without, was discernible.”

“Thoroughfares lying close by the Thames, which were wont to suffer from inundations, were raised; those which from limited breadth had caused inconvenience and bred pestilence were made wide; warehouses and dwellings of solid brick and carved stone, with doors, window-frames, and breastsummers of stout oak, replaced irregular though not unpicturesque habitations; […]”

“Some experts claim that it is a bad practice in stone buildings to build the window-frames in with the stone masonry of the wall, and that the openings should be carefully made, the stone wall being brought to a proper face, thoroughly pointed, and the window-frames put in afterward, if a weather-tight job is desired.”

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