Frieze

Word FRIEZE
Character 6
Hyphenation frieze
Pronunciations /ˈfɹiːz/

Definitions and meanings of "Frieze"

What do we mean by frieze?

A coarse, shaggy woolen cloth with an uncut nap. noun

A dense, low-pile surface, as in carpeting, resembling such cloth. noun

A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice. noun

A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room. noun

In architecture, that part of an entablature which is between the architrave and the cornice; also, any longitudinal decorative feature or band of extended length, occupying a position, in architecture or decoration, more or less similar to that of the frieze in an entablature. noun

A thick and warm woolen cloth used for rough outer garments since the fourteenth century. noun

In leather manufacturing, an imperfection in leather, sometimes appearing in the preparatory processes of tanning. noun

Made of the napped or shaggy cloth called frieze.

To border; embroider; ornament the edge of.

To furnish with a frieze.

To form a nap on, as cloth, like the nap of frieze; furnish with a nap; frizzle; curl: used especially in the past participle: as, a friezed stuff or garment.

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. noun

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

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

To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See friz, v. t., 2. transitive verb

A machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine. transitive verb

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

To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. verb

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. noun

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

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

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The word "frieze" in example sentences

Also in frieze, Rebecca Warren on Far From Heaven, "artificial and exultant, but so cruelly truthful it made me feel sick and afraid for three days," two by Bu�uel, two by Bresson, two more by David Lynch and so on - a fine list. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nor did his presence owe anything to his dress, which was of that long-haired coarse woollen stuff they called frieze, worn, probably, by not another nobleman in the country, and regarded as fitter for a yeoman. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

It was a bold move to bring back the 'frieze' - how do you think people will go with it? ❋ Jenny Butler (2010)

Built of concrete and steel and completed in a dizzying 284 days, it featured luxurious touches, most notably a 15-foot copper facade known as a frieze that adorned much of the third deck. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The frieze is a visual narrative which tells the story of the Birth of Athena (and, in other sections, the battle between Athena and Poseidon for spiritual control of the city -- not to offend any followers of Poseidon who may be hurt by the memory of their loss). ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is small, but of exquisite proportions, and now perfect, with the exception of a portion of the frieze, which is in the British Museum. ❋ Various (N/A)

The upper rows of stones beneath the roof and above the columns were also carved, and continuous carvings (called a frieze) ran around the top of the temple wall on the outside. ❋ Elbert Jay Benton (N/A)

It could have a text search function, so if you wanted to see something particular - "Van der Weyden" or "frieze" - you could find the quickest path to your goal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Day, however, claimed the frieze was a deliberate contrast to the "ideal" of the towering lovers embracing above. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The base is a rude form of the Attic base; and we have found several fragments of the capital, or impost, of the smaller pilasters, from, which the arches sprang, but I have not been so fortunate as to recognise any of the larger capitals, and but few fragments of the cornices, and but one piece that I can identify as the frieze 1ft. 6in. deep by 2ft. 4in. long, on which are 5 incised letters 6¼in. long S SIL. ❋ Charles E. Davis (N/A)

(160-meter) series of panels - known as a frieze - depicting a religious procession, which circled the outer walls of the Parthenon. ❋ Associated Press Writer Nicholas Paphitis (2008)

The big dishes of meat and vegetables were handed round; plates were piled and smothered; knives and forks were laid between mouthfuls upon plate-edges, forming a kind of frieze all round the cloth; the gossip of the village was retailed with harmless gusto. ❋ Algernon Blackwood (1910)

Kufic characters of gold, that had formed a kind of frieze to the chamber, were carried out into the court by fifty willing hands, heaped up and there burnt. ❋ William Le Queux (1895)

At the top of the wall, just beneath the open unglazed spaces, which admitted light and air in the daytime, and wind and rain in bad weather, was a kind of frieze, or coping, of some deep blue material. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

The frieze is of white marble, and is let into the frieze which is of sandstone. ❋ Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1875)

Probably, you would have looked at either the large image or the "frieze" logo first. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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