frieze

frieze has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column.
• n.. A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
• v. t.. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.
• n.. a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
• n.. an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice