frieze vs girdle

frieze

noun
  • A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. 

  • 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. 

  • A banner with a series of pictures. 

verb
  • To put a frieze on. 

  • To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. 

girdle

noun
  • A thin bed or stratum of stone. 

  • The clitellum of an earthworm. 

  • The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. 

  • A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape. 

  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference 

  • A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. 

  • The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree. 

  • The zodiac; also, the equator. 

verb
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. 

  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark. 

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