frontlet

noun front·let \-lət\

Definition of FRONTLET

: a band or phylactery worn on the forehead

: the forehead especially of an animal

Middle English frontlette, from Middle French frontelet, diminutive of frontel, from Latin frontale, from front-, frons

First Known Use: 15th century

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