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Meaning of FRONTLET

Pronunciation:  'fruntlit

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an adornment worn on the forehead
 

FRONTLET is a 8 letter word that starts with F.

 

 Synonyms: frontal
 
 See Also: adornment

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Front"let\, n. [OF. frontelet brow band, dim. of
frontel, frontal. See {Frontal}, n.]
1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the
   forehead.

         They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
                                               --Deut. vi. 8.

2. A frown (likened to a frontlet). [R. & Poetic]

         What makes that frontlet on? Methinks you are too
         much of late i' the frown.            --Shak.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of
   birds, often bearing rigid bristles.

 

 

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