frisen.
/friːz/ = cheval de frise n. 1. Also transferred.
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1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxv Each bold and promontory mound With..armour crown'd, And arrowy frize.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 145 A low wall, coped with a formidable ‘frize’ of broken bottles.
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