frontonn.
1. Architecture. A pediment.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pediment over doors, windows, etc.
pediment1592
frontispiece1601
fronton1699
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 42 There are two Stones in the Fronton of the South East Facade of the Louvre.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fronton [in Architecture] is a Member which serves to compose an Ornament, raised over Doors, Cross-works, Nitches, etc.
1802 W. Taylor Let. 26 July in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 417 Every architrave and window-sill of the long and regular palace of the Tuileries was thickly dotted with these arches,—every frontoon and arch regularly framed with them.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §284. 314 It stands more upright over the fronton and inclines forward more above the side-walls.
1894 Daily News 9 Oct. 5/3 One of the curiosities of Paris is the bas-relief on the fronton of the east side of the Louvre over the colonnade.
2. Of an altar: = frontal n. 2.
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society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front
hatchOE
frontal1381
pall?a1475
antepend1501
pendle1501
stole1513
suffront1516
altar cloth1522
front1533
altar front1539
antependium1594
fronton1749
altar frontal1836
altar facing1856
1749 U. ap Rhys Tour Spain & Portugal (1760) 83 An exceeding rich Altar, the Fronton of which is of Brass gilt.
3. [Spanish] A building where pelota is played.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other racket games > [noun] > place for playing pelota
fronton1896
1896 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 7/1 The great objection to the popularity of pelota over here is the expense of the fronton or court.
1896 Daily Chron. 16 May 9/4 A fronton epidemic broke out in Madrid.
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