frieze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frieze	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for frieze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frieze n an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frieze \Frieze\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frieze \Frieze\, n. [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}.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. [bd]Robes of frieze.[b8] --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frieze \Frieze\, v. t. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See {Friz}, v. t., 2. {Friezing machine}, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.