frieze

frieze
    n 1: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal
         sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
    2: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
    

Frieze \Frieze\, n. [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.
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Frieze \Frieze\, v. t.
   To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See {Friz}, v. t., 2.
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   {Friezing machine}, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing
      machine.
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Frieze \Frieze\, n. [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}.
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             Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven.
                                                  --Milton.
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "frieze":
      abacus, acanthus, annulet, apophyge, architrave, astragal, beading,
      beak, bell, billet, boss, capstone, cartouche, cavetto, cima,
      cinquefoil, conge, console, coping, corbel, cornice, crown, cusp,
      cyma, dentil, drip, drop, fascia, fillet, finial, foil, fret,
      frontispiece, head, header, headpiece, keystone, lintel, listel,
      molding, ovolo, patera, pendant, quatrefoil, reed, sconce, splay,
      taenia, terminal, torus, treenail, trefoil, tympanum, volute