balloon frame

English

Noun

balloon frame (plural balloon frames)

1. (carpentry) A house frame constructed entirely of small timber. It uses long continuous framing members (wall studs) that run from the sill plate to the top plate, with intermediate floor structures let into and nailed to them.

Related terms

• balloon framing

References

• “balloon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.