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frisé

[ fri-zey ]

noun

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


frisé

/ ˈfriːzeɪ /

noun

  1. a fabric with a long normally uncut nap used for upholstery and rugs
“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 frisé1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frisé1

from French, literally: curled
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Example Sentences

Later that night, he loaded Tavar's corpse into a car along with her two prized bichon frise pups, Ku Bear and Huey.

The more you insist, the more she erects bastions of ignorance, the more she isolates herself by chevaux-de-frise.

To the left and below was the river, roaring, hissing, and foaming through its chevaux-de-frise of rocks.

Cheveaux-de-frise of pointed sticks protected the fort from a scaling party.

On the right is a recessed window, through which the top of an old grey wall with chevaux-de-frise and foliage above can be seen.

Black decaying trunks of trees stood up at various angles, often bristling with dead branches like chevaux-de-frise.

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