frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]

noun
  1. Also frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.

  2. the forehead of an animal.

  1. Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.

  2. Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.

Origin of frontlet

1
1425–75; late Middle English frontlet<Old French, diminutive of frontelfrontal

Words Nearby frontlet

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How to use frontlet in a sentence

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

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • He no longer wears on his forehead the frontlet of righteousness, his whole heart, his whole soul is impregnated with corruption.

    The Hindoos as they Are | Shib Chunder Bose
  • White horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping.

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

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

    The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for frontlet

frontlet

/ (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

  1. the decorated border of an altar frontal

  2. Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead: See also tefillah

Origin of frontlet

1
C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal

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