A screen or panel covering the front of an altar. Obsolete.

A movable covering for the front of an altar, generally of embroidered cloth, silk, etc., but sometimes of metal.

Christian Church. A cloth used on or at the altar, for any of various purposes.†(a) A cloth spread on the altar; spec. a corporal. Obsolete. †(b) A…

= antependium, n.

Scottish. A hanging or valance for an altar; an altar-cloth. Obsolete. rare.

An embroidered strip of linen, hanging down in front of an altar.

? An altar-frontal.

A cloth used to cover an altar; spec. (a) a cloth of white linen covering the top of the altar during the communion or Mass; (b) an ornamental…

= frontal, n. 2. Obsolete.

a hanging or panel, often decorative, covering the front face of the altar; = antependium, n.

A veil or covering for the front of an altar. Cf. frontal, n. 2a.

Of an altar: = frontal, n. 2.

= altar front n.

= altar front n.