frontlet

American  

[fruhnt-lit] / ˈfrʌnt lɪt /

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.

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frontlet British  

/ ˈfrʌntlɪt /

noun

1. Also called: frontal.  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

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Etymology

Origin of frontlet

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

Example Sentences

King Charles II further ordered that Queen Cockacoeske be given a crown with a silver frontlet, jewelry and royal garments to symbolize her authority as queen.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021

“Where are these ribbons?” hastily asked Don Rafael, carried away by the thought that a sight of them might enable him to divine whether the hand of Gertrudis had attached them to the frontlet.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

Many of the old soldiers who fought in armor wore a little silver sword of Ojin set as a frontlet to their helmets, for a crest of honor.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

The curved horns gleamed viciously, the fierce head with its mail-clad frontlet moved to and fro, the dilated nostrils sniffing the air as though scenting the presence of an enemy.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

A vicious-looking brute he appeared, with shaggy frontlet and scowling lurid eye.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.