fraise
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I caused a sloping picket fence, technically called a fraise, to be projected over the parapet on my side of the work, as an obstacle against an escalading party.
From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Abner Doubleday
According to some the name was derived from the fraise or 'strawberry' leaves in their arms, and it was related that they sprang from the Frezels of France.
From The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Alexander Fraser
The fraise, cooked in water, and eaten with vinegar, is a wholesome and agreeable dish, and contains a mucilage well adapted for delicate persons.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
It was the image of a woman in furred robes and spreading fraise, her hand lifted, her face addressed to the tabernacle.
From Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton
"Ferry Hills" Fort—Earth and concrete—Very deep ditches, flanked by counterscarp galleries and a stone caponier—Casemated—Probable armament—Two 9.2-inch guns, six 7.5-inch guns—Wrought-iron fraise below counterscarp.
From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux
It should be noted that the farm labels the fruit “wild” even though they have nothing to do with the tiny berries generally known as fraises des bois, or wild strawberries.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
We’ve enjoyed lettuces, Swiss chard, fraises des bois, radishes, scallions, celery and eggplant.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
My brother, sister and I each kept a diary, a parental trip requirement, so those first tastes of quiche Lorraine, fraises des bois and crème frâiche have been forever cemented.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2018
Under dessert you find "tuile aux fraises, "with no English translation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fraises are quartered with three antique crowns, and here again authors differ, most writers saying they are for Bisset.
From The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Alexander Fraser
