frontis

American  

[fruhn-tis] / ˈfrʌn tɪs /

noun

1. the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.

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Etymology

Origin of frontis

< Spanish, apparently alteration of frente front

Example Sentences

Rostrum tenue, breve, vald� depressum, frontis latitudinem superans, mandibul� superioris abrupt� adunc�, et ad apicem emarginat�, marginibus dilatatis, et inferioris margines superplicantibus.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Three of the natives who came on board, had the os frontis fractured in a terrible manner, but they were then perfectly recovered of their wounds.

From The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Phillip, Arthur

Poor Bill! he scarcely knew what fainting was, but a queer sensation settled in his "ossis frontis," while his ossis legso almost bent double under him, at the awful prospect of things before him!

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

Ille oculus coeli hoc si staret in aethere frontis; Sive astrum hoc Pueri fronte sub aetherea.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Qui dolore pariter ac ludibrio lacessitus, osse inuicem in iacientem remisso, frontem eius in occuput reflexit, idemque loco frontis intorsit, transuersum hominis animum uultus obliquitate mulctando.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.