fraise

¹

[ freyz ]

noun

1. Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
2. a ruff worn around the neck in the 16th century.
3. 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.
4. Horology. a cutting tool for correcting inaccuracies in the teeth of a timepiece wheel.

fraise

²

[ frez ]

noun

, French.

, plural fraises [f, r, ez].

1. strawberry.
2. crème de fraise.
3. a brandy distilled from strawberries.

fraise

/ freɪz /

noun

1. a neck ruff worn during the 16th century
2. a sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
3. 1. a tool for enlarging a drill hole
   2. a tool for cutting teeth on watch wheels

Word History and Origins

Origin of fraise¹

1765–75; < French, derivative of fraiser “to frizzle, curl” < Provençal frezar ≪ Germanic; compare Old English frīs “curled”

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

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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