a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling 水平饰带;(尤指墙上靠近天花板处的)壁缘 ■a horizontal paper strip mounted on a wall to give a similar effect (裱在墙上的)水平纸饰带 ■(Architecture)the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice (建筑)雕带
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French frise, from medieval Latin frisium, variant of frigium, from Latin Phrygium (opus) ('work) of Phrygia'
frieze2 [friːz] noun
[mass noun]heavy, coarse woollen cloth with a nap, usually on one side only 起绒粗呢
语源
late Middle English: from French frise, from medieval Latin frisia, Frisian wool'