frontlet
Also frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
the forehead of an animal.
Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.
Origin of 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 CalthropHe 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 BoseWhite horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping.
Ulysses | James JoyceIn young birds the frontlet is obscure or wanting; the plumage dull brown above, and the throat blackish with white specks.
The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2) | William Leon DawsonThe 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
/ (ˈfrʌntlɪt) /
Also called: frontal a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century
the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head
the decorated border of an altar frontal
Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead: See also tefillah
Origin of frontlet
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