frieze
/ˈfɹiːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The portion of an architectural entablature situated between the architrave and the cornice, consisting of a flat surface that may be continuous or articulated by triglyphs and is often decorated with sculptural figures and ornamental details.
noun
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[I]f a plaine fellow well and cleanely apparelled, either in home-ſpun ruſſet or freeze (as the ſeaſon requires) with a five pouch at his girdle, happen to appeare in his ruſticall likenes: there is a Cozen ſaies one, At which word out flies the Taker, and thus giues the onſet vpon my olde Pennyfather."
- "This dark, frieze-coated, hoarse, teeth-chattering month […]"
- "From beggar's frieze to monarch's robe, / One common doom is pass'd; / Sweet nature's works, the swelling globe, / Must all burn out at last."
- ""You may shoot, or you may not," cried Scarrow, striking his hand upon the breast of his frieze jacket."
- "The narrative frieze, which was derived from the scenes on steles and seals, became the most important aspect of Assyrian art."
- "The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter."
Etymology
Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..