the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See frenum.
Word Usage
"* Certe fraenum viris et muliebris non laxavit, ut in vagas libidines ruierent, absque delectu et pudore: sed a sancto castoque conjugio incipiens, descendit ad generationem: [932] 1"