n.

1. A defensive barrier of pointed inclined stakes or barbed wire.
2. A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.

[French, from Old French, mesentery (from its pleated shape), from (feves) frasees, shelled (beans), from the resemblance between the mesentery and the peel surrounding individual broad beans, from Latin (faba) frēsa, ground (bean), feminine past participle of frendere, to crush. See frenum.]

[FREHZ] French for "strawberry".

IN BRIEF: n. - Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes; A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.

Tutor's tip: A "phrase" is a group of words, smaller than a sentence. "Frays" are fights, "fraze" is a tool, and "fraise" are stakes used in fortifications.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century

Meaning #2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes

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