▪ I. frise, n.
(friːz)
[short for cheval de frise.]
= cheval de frise 1. Also transf.
| 1809 Campbell Gertr. Wyom. iii. xxv, Each bold and promontory mound With..armour crown'd, And arrowy frize. 1856 Lever Martins of Cro' M. 145 A low wall, coped with a formidable ‘frize’ of broken bottles. |
▪ II. frise
obs. form of freeze, frieze.