frontlet

American  

[fruhnt-lit] / ˈfrʌnt lɪt /

noun

1. Also a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead.

   The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.

2. the forehead of an animal.

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

4. Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.

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frontlet British  

/ 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

3. the decorated border of an altar frontal

4. Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead See also tefillah

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Etymology

Origin of frontlet

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

Example Sentences

King Charles II further ordered that Queen Cockacoeske be given a crown with a silver frontlet, jewelry and royal garments to symbolize her authority as queen.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021

On her forehead is the velvet frontlet, and across her forehead is a veil stretched on wires.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

The curved horns gleamed viciously, the fierce head with its mail-clad frontlet moved to and fro, the dilated nostrils sniffing the air as though scenting the presence of an enemy.

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

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

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Its face, however, was of a deeper brown around the bases of the horns and over the frontlet tinged with rufous.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne