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Isherwood framing

noun

, Naval Architecture.
  1. a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Isherwood framing1

First recorded in 1910–15; named after B. F. Isherwood (1822–1915), American engineer

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