fraise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
  2. noun sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes

WordNet

Fraise noun
Etymology
See Froise.
Definitions
  1. A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Obs. Johnson.
Fraise noun
Etymology
F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.
Definitions
  1. (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
  2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
Fraise transitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.

Webster 1913