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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 frieze /ˈfriz ||friˈze/
 橫飾帶,帶狀彫刻,一種厚粗絨(vt.)使起絨毛

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frieze n.  Arch. (a) 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. (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column.
    Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven.   --Milton.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frieze n.  A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. “Robes of frieze.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frieze, v. t. To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.
 Friezing machine, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing machine.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 frieze
      n 1: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal
           sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
      2: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap