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friezes

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noun

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The correct spelling is friezes. A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. For example: "The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter."

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The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
  4. 4.A banner with a series of pictures.

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