frieze in Russian

A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

(by extension) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture.

(by extension) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture.