n.
Pronunciation: ' fr ē z
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French frise, perhaps from Medieval Latin phrygium, frisium embroidered cloth, from Latin phrygium, from neuter of Phrygius Phrygian, from Phrygia
Date: 1563
1 : the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice
2 : a sculptured or richly ornamented band (as on a building or piece of furniture)
3 : a band, line, or series suggesting a frieze <a constant frieze of visitors wound its way around the ⋯ ruins ― Mollie Panter-Downes>
– frieze · like adjective