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frame n Cp OED ~ 7 'structure ... constructed of parts fitted together'
obs or arch for sense 1; EDD sb1 1, ADD 2 (Maine) for sense 2.
1 A number of nets strung together from the shore to catch
migrating seals in coastal waters; STOPPER.
1818 CHAPPELL 197
There are two modes of catching the seals: the one is, by mooring strong nets at
the bottom of the sea; and the other, by constructing what is called 'a frame of
nets,' near the shore of some small bay. The latter is the most-approved method.
[1832] 1975 WHITELEY 42 Two days afterwards the American schooner ... entered my frame.
[1886] LLOYD 52 Immediately they begin to 'run' the 'frames' are put out. A frame
consists of three nets of the same depth as the water in which they are placed. They vary
in length according to the distance the seals run from the shore. They are often eighty
and a hundred fathoms in length. The frame is placed in the run of the seals in the form
of a square, the two side nets being safely secured to the shore by means of a ring bolt.
1923 CHAFE 15 A trap or a 'frame of nets' which was the most approved [method of catching
seals] in the Straits of Belle Isle one hundred years ago. Strong nets were moored,
running from the beach into the sea, reaching from the bottom to the surface of the
water, and smaller nets sunk to the bottom. The fishermen then used their best efforts to
drive the seals between the outer net and the beach. On a given signal the people on the
shore hove up the small nets and the seals became enclosed on all sides. 1972 SANGER 237
~ A trap used to catch seals on their coastal migration.
2 A
skeleton; RAMES.
P 269-63 ~ skeleton, whether man, beast or fowl.
P 63-70 ~ left-over [rib cage] of a cooked chicken.
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