单词 | frontlet |
释义 | frontlet[ fruhnt-lit ] / ˈfrʌnt lɪt / nounAlso 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 frontlet1425–75; late Middle English frontlet<Old French, diminutive of frontelfrontal Words nearby frontletfrontierswoman, frontis, frontispiece, frontlash, frontless, frontlet, frontline, frontlist, front load, front loader, front-loading Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frontletBritish Dictionary definitions for frontletfrontlet / (ˈfrʌntlɪt) / nounAlso 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 frontletC15: 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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