that part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. it is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.-any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. see illust. of column.-a kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.-to make a nap on (cloth); to friz. see friz, v. t., 2.