friezes

noun

  1. 1

    A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.

  3. 3

    A banner with a series of pictures.

    The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.

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