Definition of frontlet in English:
frontlet
noun ˈfrʌntlɪtˈfrən(t)lət
1An ornamental piece of cloth hanging over the upper part of an altar frontal.
2dated A decorative band or ornament worn on the forehead.
Example sentencesExamples
- His eagle frontlet is the first aspect of Native culture to greet airline passengers deplaning in Ketchikan.
- Two of its pointy lobes must have rested on the High Priest's forehead, with the frontlet tied between them.
- This type of frontlet is worn as a headdress, usually with a trailer of ermine skins.
- Let us use my silly hyperbole as frontlets between our eyes.
- Armlets of gold were upon his arms, and many gold rings on his hands; and a golden torque about his neck, and a golden frontlet holding his hair in place; and his presence august.
- 2.1
another term for phylactery
- 2.2 A piece of armour or harness for an animal's forehead.
Origin
Late 15th century (in sense 2): from Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel (see frontal2).
Definition of frontlet in US English:
frontlet
nounˈfrən(t)lətˈfrən(t)lət
1An ornamental piece of cloth hanging over the upper part of an altar frontal.
2dated A decorative band or ornament worn on the forehead.
Example sentencesExamples
- Let us use my silly hyperbole as frontlets between our eyes.
- This type of frontlet is worn as a headdress, usually with a trailer of ermine skins.
- His eagle frontlet is the first aspect of Native culture to greet airline passengers deplaning in Ketchikan.
- Two of its pointy lobes must have rested on the High Priest's forehead, with the frontlet tied between them.
- Armlets of gold were upon his arms, and many gold rings on his hands; and a golden torque about his neck, and a golden frontlet holding his hair in place; and his presence august.
- 2.1
another term for phylactery
- 2.2 A piece of armor or harness for an animal's forehead.
Origin
Late 15th century (in frontlet (sense 2)): from Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel (see frontal).