fraise
A type of palisade placed for defence around a bermA type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
Meaning
7 sensesA type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
(historical)A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
(historical)An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
A stylized strawberry with leaves.
(UK, dated, dialectal)Commotion.
Origin
Borrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps froBorrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.
Borrowed from French fraise (“strawberry”), from earlier *fraige, from Latin frāga.
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