Definition of "Frise"

It was originally applied to cloths of gold made in Frise, a province in the Low Countries

1876, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, American Industrial Wool

The kingdom of the Netherlands was declared by the Congress at Vienna to be composed of North and South Brabant, Limbourg, Guelders, Liege, East and West Flanders, Hainault, Holland, Zealand, Namur, Antwerp, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel, Groningen and Drenthe.

1820, Henry Smithers, Observations Made During a Residence in Brussels

We not only find them in the swamps of Lower Germany and the provinces of Frise, Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, but also in the sands of Campine and about Dunkirk.

1857, A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. 1857