all the entrants have responded, in one form or another (twosleepy having recused herself).

herewith are the entries as submitted:

frampold.. choose one:

a) in Post and Beam construction: the mortises of the ridge beam which accept the tenons of the end roof rafters [Owlbow]
b) sour-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish [OED2]
c) the setting on which parallel bars are anchored in gymnastics [ASp]
d) a cool room for storage and maturation of harvested raspberries prior to making them into wine [wofa]
e) the lower jaw of the clamp used to lift logs onto a logging truck [Faldage]
f) a winding mechanism for cords on a clipper ship [Jackie]
g) of, or pertaining to, land resumed by a local government authority for purposes of public use [The Pook]
h) a european breed of cow, raised chiefly for milk, but also occasionally used for meat [twosleepy]
i) to defeat (an opponent) at tables by one of the two methods recognized by the laws of the game [tsuwm]
j) a tuning gauge of the timpani or kettle drums [BranShea]

the earliest citation in OED2 is from Shakespeare's Merry Wives:

Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him; he’s a very jealousy man; she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.

the hogmaster™