Middle English Dictionary Entry
frise n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | frise n.(2) Also frẹ̄se. |
| Etymology | OF frise, ultim. Du. frise, vriese pannus crispatus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of coarse woolen cloth with a thick nap on one side, frieze; (b) frise ware.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.528/25 : J virga et j quarterio de blu fryse..emptis pro penons, ij s. d.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52280/25 : ix bras panni lanei de Frise.
- (1399) Statutes Realm2.119 : Kendal-cloth, Frise de coventre, Coggeware.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 230 : An helyng of whit frise lyned with blanket.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5298 : xij poure men clothed in Russet fryse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Fryse..: Pannus villatus.
- (1447) Indent.Oxf.in RS 50.2565 : 1 gowne of blew medle lynyd with fryse.
- (?1449) Paston2.102 : That ȝe wille do byen sume frese to maken of ȝour child is gwnys..And..a ȝerd of brode clothe..for ther is nether gode cloth ner god fryse in this twn.
- (1460-65) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31395 : Item, for a baskett.., and for Frese, and for iij Flasketts.
- (1458) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.58,59 : Every clothe of Frise..euery Pack of..Kendalles, smale frises, Kedwellies clothe.
- (1465) Will Gregory in Camd.n.s.17p.xlv : Frise to make gownes and cotes, and lynnen cloth to make shertes and smokkes.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17168 : Off rowh frese..A garnement shape lyk a sak.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)15 : A roll of fryse schold hold xl yerdes and more.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)325 : The rewde god Pan..Clad in russet frese.
b
- (1376-7) RParl.2.372a : Draps Irreis appellez Frysseware come Leyne Irreise dont tieux Draps sont faitz.
- (1377) Statutes Realm1.398 : Draps appellez Friseware queux sount faitz en Irland, ou autrement en Engleterre de leynes Irreises.