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Noun: fraise  freyz
  1. Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
    "The castle's defences included a fraise to deter climbers"
     
  2. A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
    "The portrait showed a nobleman wearing an elaborate fraise"

Sounds like: fraise

Derived forms: fraises

Type of: bulwark, choker, neck ruff, rampart, ruff, ruffle, wall

Encyclopedia: Fraise