1876, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers,American Industrial Wool:
It was originally applied to cloths of gold made inFrise, a province in the Low Countries
1820, Henry Smithers,Observations Made During a Residence in Brussels:
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.
1857,A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. 1857:
We not only find them in the swamps of Lower Germany and the provinces ofFrise, Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, but also in the sands of Campine and about Dunkirk.
