frameare

frameare [ME frāmen] , to join (woodwork), to frame, build (wooden structure). 1393 dona: ‥ carpentariis framancium molendinum Hermondeswortth ‥ iij s. iiij d. Ac. Dom. Ep. Wint.; p1450 de meremio empto in certis domibus ~iatis Arch. Hist. Camb. II 86n; 1465 operanti et cum stuffura predicta formanti et frammanti collistrigium et le cukkyngstoll predicta MinAc 1140/24.