fraise

(frāz)

noun

a ruff or high collar of a kind worn esp. in the 16th cent.
Mil. a barrier consisting of an inclined or horizontal fence as of wooden stakes

Origin: Fr, orig., a ruff < fraiser, to ruffle

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noun

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, mesentery (from its pleated shape)

Origin: , from (feves) frasees, shelled (beans), from the resemblance between the mesentery and the peel surrounding individual broad beans

Origin: , from Latin (faba) frēsa, ground (bean)

Origin: , feminine past participle of frendere, to crush; see frenum

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