Middle English Dictionary Entry
friser, -are n.
Entry Info
| Forms | friser, -are n. Also frẹ̄ser. |
| Etymology | From frisen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A maker of frieze cloth; one who friezes cloth.
Associated quotations
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1533 : De Pannariis et..Fullonibus, Frisers, Tonsoribus, et Tapicers.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Frysare, or he þat frysythe clothe: Villator.
- -?-(1406) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96109 : Johannes Fulsam, freser.