English: box frame

Part of speech

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Definition

The outer (hollow) casing of a timber sash box - sash window, which houses the counterbalancing weights, enabling the sashes to move up and down with ease. Early examples were carved out of solid wood, but later made up from separate components.

Context

Ffynhonnell: Taflen wybodaeth gyhoeddus Cyngor Gwynedd.