frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]

/ ˈfrʌnt lɪt /

Also 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 frontlet

1425–75; late Middle English frontlet < Old French, diminutive of frontel frontal

Frontlet will never be chosen more; and Gatty is a toast for life.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 |George A. Aitken
He put a bow and arrows in its hands, and the frontlet on its head.

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian |Anonymous
Gatty for ever smiles upon you; and Frontlet disdains to see you smile.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 |George A. Aitken
I have in my possession a tuft of hair, from the frontlet of a rather small bull bison, which measures 22½ inches in length.

The Extermination of the American Bison |William T. Hornaday

Gatty always improves the soil in which she travels; Frontlet lays waste the country.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 |George A. Aitken

frontlet

/ (ˈfrʌntlɪt) /

Also 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 forehead See also tefillah

C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal