Definition of frieze

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Frieze (n.) 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..

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Falding :: Falding (n.) A frieze or rough-napped cloth.
Patera :: Patera (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like..
Duffel :: Duffel (n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze..
Frieze :: Frieze (n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..
Frieze :: Frieze (v. t.) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2..
Frize :: Frize (n.) See 1st Frieze.
Pulvinated :: Pulvinated (a.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze..
Metope :: Metope (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature..
Friezer :: Friezer (n.) One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes..
Freeze :: Freeze (n.) A frieze.
Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..
Foliage :: Foliage (n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc..
Ulster :: Ulster (n.) A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland..
Cogware :: Cogware (n.) A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century..
Rug :: Rug (a.) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments..
Frieze :: Frieze (n.) 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..
Taenia :: Taenia (n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave..
Overfrieze :: Overfrieze (v. t.) To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze..
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