frieze
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[edit] Noun
frieze (plural friezes)
- 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 kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
- A banner with a series of pictures.
- The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.
[edit] Translations
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side
[edit] 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.