Flooring: alternatives and connections

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- al…

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n.,…

A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was…

trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)

trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base…

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.

The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be…

A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.

A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be s…