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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. 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
    1. a tool for enlarging a drill hole
    2. a tool for cutting teeth on watch wheels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

A fraise is a palisade horizontal, or nearly so, projecting from the scarp or counterscarp.

Too much Fraise cannot be awarded to Mr. Watson for his exertions in rescuing this lad.

Fraise, my cousin, who is crying bitterly because her fine dress is wet through.

I wore fraise-écrasé velvet, the front covered with white "point à l'aiguille."

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Frailty, thy name is woman!fraise du bois