Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frieze \Frieze\, v. t.
   To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See {Friz}, v. t., 2.

   {Friezing machine}, a machine for friezing cloth; a friezing
      machine.

Frieze \Frieze\, n. [Perh. the same word as frieze a, kind of
   cloth. Cf. {Friz}.] (Arch.)
   (a) 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.
   (b) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building
       or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See
       Illust. of {Column}.

             Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven.
                                                  --Milton.

Frieze \Frieze\, n. [F. frise, perh. originally a woolen cloth
   or stuff from Friesland (F. Frise); cf. LL. frisii panni and
   frissatus pannus, a shaggy woolen cloth, F. friser to friz,
   curl. Cf. {Friz}.]
   A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or
   tufted (friezed) nap on one side. ``Robes of frieze.''
   --Goldsmith.

Source : WordNet®

frieze
     n 1: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal
          sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
     2: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap