Frieze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Architecture A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.
  • n. Architecture A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.
  • n. A coarse, shaggy woolen cloth with an uncut nap.
  • n. A dense, low-pile surface, as in carpeting, resembling such cloth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
  • v. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
  • n. A banner with a series of pictures.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of column.
  • n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
  • v. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See friz, v. t., 2.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, that part of an entablature which is between the architrave and the cornice; also, any longitudinal decorative feature or band of extended length, occupying a position, in architecture or decoration, more or less similar to that of the frieze in an entablature.
  • To border; embroider; ornament the edge of.
  • To furnish with a frieze.
  • n. A thick and warm woolen cloth used for rough outer garments since the fourteenth century.
  • n. In leather manufacturing, an imperfection in leather, sometimes appearing in the preparatory processes of tanning.
  • Made of the napped or shaggy cloth called frieze.
  • To form a nap on, as cloth, like the nap of frieze; furnish with a nap; frizzle; curl: used especially in the past participle: as, a friezed stuff or garment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
  • n. a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
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