hogframe

English

There's a hog-frame on this 1850s steamboat. Probably the long narrow pole-like thing

Alternative forms

hog-frame, hog frame

Etymology

From hog +‎ frame. Related to hogging, which it was designed to counter.

Noun

hogframe (plural hogframes)

1. (historical, US, nautical) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, formerly used in American river and lake steamboats.

Synonyms

• hogback
• hogging frame

References

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