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frieze
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As a noun, frieze means a kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. As a verb, it means make a nap on (cloth).
Meanings of frieze
8 meaningsnoun
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
architectureThat 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 banner with a series of pictures.
“The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.”
An architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
A heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
verb
To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.
architectureTo put a frieze on.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).