FRET, in heraldry, a bearing composed of six bars, crossed, and variously interlaced, as represented in plate LXXX. fig. 9.
Some call it the true lover's knot.
FRET, in music, signifies a kind of stop on some instruments, particularly bass-viol and lutes. Frets consist of strings tied round the neck of the instrument, at certain distances, within which such and such notes are to be found.