FRONTLETS

Noun

frontlets

plural of frontlet

Source: Wiktionary


FRONTLET

Front"let, n. Etym: [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. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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