frieze
/ˈfɹiːz/
noun
- 1
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
verb
- 1
To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.
noun
- 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
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
- 3
A banner with a series of pictures.
“The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.”
verb
- 1
To put a frieze on.
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