FRIEZE

frieze

(noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

frieze

(noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

frieze (countable and uncountable, plural friezes)

A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

Verb

frieze (third-person singular simple present friezes, present participle friezing, simple past and past participle friezed)

(transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.

Etymology 2

Noun

frieze (plural friezes)

(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.

A banner with a series of pictures.

Verb

frieze (third-person singular simple present friezes, present participle friezing, simple past and past participle friezed)

(transitive, architecture) To put a frieze on.

Etymology

Proper noun

Frieze (plural Friezes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frieze is the 32524^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 707 individuals. Frieze is most common among White (96.75%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Frieze, n. Etym: [Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Cf. Friz.] (Arch.) (a) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column. Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven. Milton.

Frieze, n. Etym: [F. frise, perh. originally a woolen cloth or stuff from Friesland (F. Frise); cf. LL. frisii panni and frissatus pannus, a shaggy woolen cloth, F. friser to friz, curl. Cf. Friz.]

Definition: A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. "Robes of frieze." Goldsmith.

Frieze, v. t.

Definition: To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t.,

2. Friezing machine, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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