Obs. Pa. pple. fret(t(e; also yfretted. [ad. OF. freter, pa. pple. freté ‘garni’ (Godef.); perh. a use of freter FRET v.2 Cf. FREIGHT pple. 1 b.] trans. To furnish, stock, stud, supply. Chiefly in pa. pple. modified by advbs. full, thick, well.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 339. With alle þe fode þat may be founde frette þy cofer.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 4703.
| Love, it is an hateful pees, | |
| A free acquitaunce, without relees, | |
| A trouthe [Thynne and MS. And through the], fret full of falshede, | |
| A sikernesse, al set in drede. |
c. 1400. Maundev. (Roxb.), xxx. 136. All þir greez er bordurde with fyne gold, frette full of perle and oþer precious stanes aboute þe sydez and þe endez.
c. 1400. Ywaine & Gaw., 3159.
| And a klub, ful grete and lang, | |
| Thik fret with mani a thwang. |
1413. Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483), IV. xxxii. 81. Armes … wel frett with senewes of strong and myghty frendes, and al ful of veynes of clene blode, that is theyr worthy lignage.
1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, V. vii. (1554), 127 a.
| For him was kept a crowne of fresh laurere: | |
| Forged of golde, fret ful of stones clere. |
