Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornament or band worn on the forehead as a phylactery.
- noun The forehead of an animal.
- noun The forehead of a bird when of a different color or texture of plumage.
- noun An ornamental border for a frontal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skin which covers the forehead of a mammal, particularly of a ruminant.
- noun Something worn on the forehead; specifically, among the Hebrews, a phylactery bound upon the forehead.
- noun A band for the forehead; specifically, one forming part of the head-dress worn in the fifteenth century and later.
- noun Figuratively, the look or appearance of the forehead.
- noun The forehead or front.
- noun Specifically, in ornithology, the frons or forehead of a bird in any way marked by the color or texture of the plumage: as, the glittering metallic frontlet of a humming-bird. See
frontal , n., 7.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.
- noun R. & Poetic A frown (likened to a frontlet).
- noun (Zoöl.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
forehead . - noun The
forehead of ananimal , especially of adeer orstag (including theantlers ). - noun An
ornament worn on the forehead. - noun A
bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adornment worn on the forehead
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One kind or phylactery was called a "frontlet," and was composed of four pieces of parchment; on the first of which was written, Ex 12: 2-10; on the second, Ex 12: 11-21; on the third, De
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Her turret, from which cascades a transparent veil, terminates upon a frontlet, a wide band of cloth that frames her face.
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Black, a popular color at this time, accents her turret and frontlet, collar, cuffs, and wide hem.
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Of gold was the yoke that linked the necks of his steeds whiter than the snow; and on his shoulders flashed his targe with figures welded in gold; while a gorgon of bronze like that which gleams from the aegis of the goddess was bound upon the frontlet of his horses, ringing out its note of fear with many a bell.
Rhesus 2008
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Of gold was the yoke that linked the necks of his steeds whiter than the snow; and on his shoulders flashed his targe with figures welded in gold; while a gorgon of bronze like that which gleams from the aegis of the goddess was bound upon the frontlet of his horses, ringing out its note of fear with many a bell.
Rhesus 2008
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Moreover, as any damage done to the horse will involve his rider in extreme peril, the horse also should be clad in armour — frontlet, breastplate, and thigh-pieces; 165 which latter may at the same time serve as cuisses for the mounted man.
On Horsemanship 2007
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Kneeling down on the rug before her trunk, Lia searched among her weapons and armor for her rank insignia—a frontlet made of animal skin featuring a three-gem triad embedded in the center.
String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006
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White horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping.
Ulysses 2003
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Instead of being clothed in the national fashion, with a frontlet of macaw feathers, bow, and blow-tube, have they not adopted the American costume of white cotton trousers, and a cotton poncho woven by their wives, who have become thorough adepts in its manufacture?
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They made the frontlet for the holy diadem of pure gold, and incised upon it the seal inscription: “Holy to the Lord.”
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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