frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]

/ ˈfrʌnt lɪt /

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noun

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.

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Origin of frontlet

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

Words nearby frontlet

frontierswoman, frontis, frontispiece, frontlash, frontless, frontlet, frontline, frontliner, frontlist, front load, front loader

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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 Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2)|William Leon Dawson

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

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 foreheadSee also tefillah

Word Origin for frontlet

C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal

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