frieze

UK/ˈfɹiːz/US/ˈfɹiːz/

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Other forms: friezes

A frieze is a decorated band running along the top of a wall. A carved frieze, the Parthenon frieze, a painted frieze.

The most famous is the Parthenon frieze, most of which is in the British Museum and much argued over. In a classroom the word means a long strip of children's work pinned along a wall.

Definitions of frieze

1nounfriezeA decorated band running along the top of a wall.C1
“A carved frieze of horses and riders runs around the top of the temple wall.”

frieze is a band.

Where it comes from

Middle French frise names the band, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia, from Frisian wool cloth.

Medieval Latin
Frisia — Frisian (wool)
Middle French
frise
English, today
frieze

Late Middle English -, from French - and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Buildings & Architecture

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frieze in the wild

Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes.
Frieze
A frieze can be found on many Greek and Roman buildings, the Parthenon Frieze being the most famous, and perhaps the most elaborate.
Frieze
In mathematics, a frieze or frieze pattern is a two-dimensional design that repeats in one direction.
Frieze group
The term is derived from friezes in architecture and decorative arts, where such repeating patterns are often used.
Frieze group
The base was decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy.
Pergamon Altar

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