Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An arena for jai alai.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a pediment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
frontal , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A two-walled or single-walled
court used as a playing area forBasque pelota .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Above her a radiated head, representing God the Father, forms the point of the triangle that encircles the inside fronton, which is decked with figures playing on different musical instruments.
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The fronton, which is over the portico, has no ornament in the centre; neither has the frieze nor architrave: but some holes mark where the bronze letters of an inscription were once inserted.
The Idler in France Marguerite Blessington 1819
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Most towns have a court like this one, called a fronton in Spanish.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Long ago, the fronton was a glamorous venue, where high-society folks came to place bets on the fast-paced game and where celebrities performed.
SplicedFeed 2009
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Basque town, you'll find a tall "fronton" * wall, in stacked stone or concrete, against which the locals still play ball, or "pilota," * with their hands or with oblong baskets.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Basque town, you'll find a tall "fronton" * wall, in stacked stone or concrete, against which the locals still play ball, or "pilota," * with their hands or with oblong baskets.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Basque town, you'll find a tall "fronton" * wall, in stacked stone or concrete, against which the locals still play ball, or "pilota," * with their hands or with oblong baskets.
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Basque town, you'll find a tall "fronton"* wall, in stacked stone or concrete, against which the locals still play ball, or "pilota,"* with their hands or with oblong baskets.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Basque town, you'll find a tall "fronton"* wall, in stacked stone or concrete, against which the locals still play ball, or "pilota,"* with their hands or with oblong baskets.
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Or find a "fronton," which often serves as a local meeting point, to watch locals play a pickup game of "pelote basque," a cross between tennis and baseball (Plaza Berri).
Biarritz 2007
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