frontis

[ fruhn-tis ]

noun

1. the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court. Compare rebote ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontis¹

< Spanish, apparently alteration of frente front

Example Sentences

One of fifteen copies printed on Japan paper, with the frontis-piece in three states.

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There was no remedy but to silence him, which our friend dexterously accomplished by a blow on the os frontis.

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A sporting tandem-driving Doctor of our acquaintance calls his leader the Hoss frontis.

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El frontis da a la calle del Condestable, y tiene cinco balcones de hierro que parecen cinco castillos.

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This is the basic principle, and it is the principle of the Divine Law: In sudore frontis tuae comedes panem tuum.

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