Emily Dickinson Lexicon

frame, n. [see frame, v.]

1. Supporting or enclosing structure.
2. Human body, especially with reference to its make, build, or constitution.
3. Coffin.
4. Timbers of an edifice fitted and joined in the form proposed, for the purpose of supporting the covering; as, the frame of a house. [Webplay on house < Yet precious as the house.]