Definition of friezes:
(n) :
(architecture) 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.
(n) :
(by extension) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture.
(n) :
A banner with a series of pictures.
(n) :
A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
(v) :
(transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to frizz.
(v) :
(transitive, architecture) To put a frieze on.