frisé

American  

[fri-zey] / frɪˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.

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frisé British  

/ ˈfriːzeɪ /

noun

1. a fabric with a long normally uncut nap used for upholstery and rugs

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Etymology

Origin of frisé

1880–85; < French: noun use of past participle of friser to curl, probably derivative of fris-, stem of frire to fry ¹, some foods taking on a curllike form when fried

Example Sentences

“I had no idea it was all over the world like this,” she told me as her current dog, Missy, a bichon frisé, sat by her side.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2023

With his tiny head and rumpled feathers, Tuffy appeared like an ungroomed, pointy-headed bichon frisé next to Lola, who seemed more Rottweiler.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023

He said he’s scared to go out alone with his dog, a poodle and bichon frisé mix known as a poochon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2022

“She’s the No. 1 bichon frisé in the country,” he says, daubing corn starch on the fur around Sloan’s snout with a paintbrush.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2010

He gives the corresponding terms in French and German:—straight, Fr. droit, lisse, Germ. straff, schlicht; wavy, Fr. ondé, Germ. wellig; frizzy, Fr. frisé, Germ. lockig; woolly, Fr. crépu, Germ. kraus.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court