sb. [short for CHEVAL DE FRISE.] = CHEVAL DE FRISE 1. Also transf.
1809. Campbell, Gertrude Wyom., III. xxv. Each bold and promontory mound With … armour crown’d, And arrowy frize.
1856. Lever, Martins of Cro’ M., 145. A low wall, coped with a formidable ‘frize’ of broken bottles.
