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单词 fraise
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fraise

1
[ freyz ]
/ freɪz /
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noun

Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
a ruff worn around the neck in the 16th century.
a woman's embroidered scarf worn with ends crossed on the chest and pinned with a brooch or the like, popular in the early 19th century.
Horology. a cutting tool for correcting inaccuracies in the teeth of a timepiece wheel.

Origin of fraise

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1765–75; <French, derivative of fraiser “to frizzle, curl” <Provençal frezar ≪ Germanic; compare Old English frīs “curled”

Words nearby fraise

fraidy-cat, frail, frailero, frailty, Frailty, thy name is woman!, fraise, fraise du bois, Fraktur, Fra Mauro, frambesia, frambesioma

Definition for fraise (2 of 2)

fraise2
[ frez ]
/ frɛz /

noun, plural fraises [frez]. /frɛz/. French.

strawberry.
crème de fraise.
a brandy distilled from strawberries.
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Example sentences from the Web for fraise

  • Fraise, my cousin, who is crying bitterly because her fine dress is wet through.

    Madame Chrysantheme|Pierre Loti
  • Too much Fraise cannot be awarded to Mr. Watson for his exertions in rescuing this lad.

    Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1.|J Lort Stokes
  • A fraise is a palisade horizontal, or nearly so, projecting from the scarp or counterscarp.

    Manual of Military Training|James A. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for fraise

fraise
/ (freɪz) /

noun

a neck ruff worn during the 16th century
a sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
  1. a tool for enlarging a drill hole
  2. a tool for cutting teeth on watch wheels

Word Origin for fraise

C18: from French: mesentery of a calf, from Old French fraiser to remove a shell, from Latin frendere to crush
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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