[frieze] n [ME frise, fr. MF, fr. MD vriese] (15c) 1: a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface
2: a pile surface of uncut loops or of patterned cut and uncut loops
[2]frieze n [MF frise, perh. fr. ML phrygium, frisium embroidered cloth, fr. L phrygium, fr. neut. of Phrygius Phrygian, fr. Phrygia] (1563) 1: the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice--see entablature illustration
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 ~ of visitors wound its way around the ... ruins --Mollie Panter-Downes" -- frieze.like adj