frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]

noun

1. Also a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead:

   The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.

2. the forehead of an animal.
3. Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
4. Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.

frontlet

/ ˈfrʌntlɪt /

noun

1. Also calledfrontal a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century
2. the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head
3. the decorated border of an altar frontal
4. Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead See also tefillah

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontlet¹

1425–75; late Middle English frontlet < Old French, diminutive of frontel frontal

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontlet¹

C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal

Example Sentences

All persons having an income of £10 a year and over will have that black velvet loop, the frontlet, sewn into their hats.

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He no longer wears on his forehead the frontlet of righteousness, his whole heart, his whole soul is impregnated with corruption.

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White horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping.

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In young birds the frontlet is obscure or wanting; the plumage dull brown above, and the throat blackish with white specks.

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The throat vies with the radiant topaz, while the band on the forehead rivals in brilliancy the frontlet of every other species.

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