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单词 frontlet
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frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]
/ ˈfrʌnt lɪt /

noun

Also frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
the forehead of an animal.
Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.

Origin of frontlet

1425–75; late Middle English frontlet<Old French, diminutive of frontelfrontal

Words nearby frontlet

frontierswoman, frontis, frontispiece, frontlash, frontless, frontlet, frontline, frontlist, front load, front loader, front-loading
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British Dictionary definitions for frontlet

frontlet
/ (ˈfrʌntlɪt) /

noun

Also called: frontal a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century
the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head
the decorated border of an altar frontal
Judaism a phylactery worn on the foreheadSee also tefillah

Word Origin for frontlet

C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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