fraise

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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 Fraser, Alexander

A fraise is a palisade horizontal, or nearly so, projecting from the scarp or counterscarp.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

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 Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Here Confederate Gilmer's engineering skill has prepared ditch and fraise, abattis and chevaux-de-frise, with yawning graves for the soon-forgotten brave.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

Now and then he would ring up to know whether she preferred salmon pink to fraise �cras�e cushions, or he would come up to the hotel rent in twain by conflicting rugs.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel