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Webster 1913 Edition
Frieze
Frieze
,Noun.
[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
,Noun.
[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.
“Robes of frieze.” Goldsmith.
Frieze
,Verb.
T.
To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See , 2.
Friz
, Verb.
T.
Friezing machine
, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frieze
FRIEZE
,,Noun.
1.
Properly, the nap on woolen cloth; hence, a kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff, with a nap on one side.2.
In architecture, that part of the entablature of a column which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, usually enriched with figures of animals or other ornaments of sculpture, whence its name.Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven.