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fraise
1[ freyz ]
noun
- Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- a ruff worn around the neck in the 16th century.
- a woman's embroidered scarf worn with ends crossed on the chest and pinned with a brooch or the like, popular in the early 19th century.
- Horology. a cutting tool for correcting inaccuracies in the teeth of a timepiece wheel.
fraise
2[ frez ]
noun
, French.
, plural fraises [f, r, ez].
- a brandy distilled from strawberries.
fraise
/ freɪz /
noun
- a neck ruff worn during the 16th century
- a sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
- a tool for enlarging a drill hole
- a tool for cutting teeth on watch wheels
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fraise1
1765–75; < French, derivative of fraiser “to frizzle, curl” < Provençal frezar ≪ Germanic; compare Old English frīs “curled”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fraise1
C18: from French: mesentery of a calf, from Old French fraiser to remove a shell, from Latin frendere to crush
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Example Sentences
Le visage était congestionné, les yeux vicieux gonflés; sur la bouche s'était figée une fraise de sang.
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A fraise is a palisade horizontal, or nearly so, projecting from the scarp or counterscarp.
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Too much Fraise cannot be awarded to Mr. Watson for his exertions in rescuing this lad.
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Fraise, my cousin, who is crying bitterly because her fine dress is wet through.
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I wore fraise-écrasé velvet, the front covered with white "point à l'aiguille."
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