Meaning of FRAISE
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- [n] sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
- [n] a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
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| | See Also: | | bulwark, choker, neck ruff, rampart, ruff, ruffle, wall | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fraise\, n. [See {Froise}.]
A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.]
--Johnson.
\Fraise\, n. [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise
frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.]
1. (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into
the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a
small milling cutter.
\Fraise\, v. t. (Mil.)
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry,
by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. --Wilhelm.
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