frieze

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

frieze, n. [Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of cloth. Cf. Friz.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven."  [1913 Webster]

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.  Goldsmith.  [1913 Webster]

frieze, v. t. 

 To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.  [1913 Webster]

Friezing machine, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frieze, n.
1 the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice.
2 a horizontal band of sculpture filling this.
3 a band of decoration elsewhere, esp. along a wall near the ceiling.

frieze, n. coarse woollen cloth with a nap, usu. on one side only.

Etymology

ME f. F frise, prob. rel. to FRISIAN

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

frieze

Summit

N summit, summity, top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole, tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib, end, crown, brow, head, nob, noddle, pate, capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck, architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature, tympanum, ceiling, attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs), highest &c (high), top, top most, upper most, tiptop, culminating, meridian, meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant, atop, at the top of the tree, en flute, fleur deau.