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Ornament areas > Frame
PREFERRED TERM
Frame  
DEFINITION
  • n. A term with no clear origin, from the Middle English "freame" "frame" "ffraame" "fframe". A surrounding structure such as a border or case in which something, esp. a picture, pane of glass, etc., is set or let in.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • border
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Liseré

French

Cornice

Italian

Orla

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/783
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