frontlet
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lɪt noun
1.
Also, frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
2.
the forehead of an animal.
3.
Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
4.
Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: frontal a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century |
| 2. | the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head |
| 3. | the decorated border of an altar frontal |
| 4. | Judaism See also tefillah a phylactery worn on the forehead |
| [C15: from Old French frontelet a little | |
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Example sentences
In the tent he found a maiden sitting, with a golden frontlet on her forehead and a gold ring on her hand.
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