frontlet
Americannoun
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Also a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead.
The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
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the forehead of an animal.
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Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
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Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.
noun
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Also called: frontal. a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century
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the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head
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the decorated border of an altar frontal
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Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead See also tefillah
Etymology
Origin of frontlet
1425–75; late Middle English frontlet < Old French, diminutive of frontel frontal
Example Sentences
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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
Each bullock had a bundle of merchandise slung on either side, and the frontlet of the leading animal was adorned with strings of blue beads and shells.
From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
In winter plumage: Head yellow-olive; no frontlet; black drab, with reddish tinge; shoulders and throat yellow; soiled brownish white underneath.
From Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes by Neltje Blanchan
“What!” said Margery, in surprise, “that little, fair, goodly man, with the golden frontlet to his horse?”
From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt
Now it began to mutter, like the growlings of a heavy thunderstorm, as it ran to and fro, shaking its horrible head, and its dark, shaggy frontlet of hair.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
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