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frontlet

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Searchable Lemmata: frontlet (ME), frontlet (MdE).
Alternate Forms: frontlette, frontlettes.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Headgear; headband or ornament for the forehead (usually decorative); a fillet. Cf. frontal (sense 1).(circa 1470 - post 1865)
1. ij frontlettes of sateyn [MED Stonor Suppl. (9) circa 1470]
c.f.: frontal
ME, MdE; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old French frontelet, the diminuative of frontel, fronteau (cf. frontal, sense 2).
WF:
Etym Cog: frontelet (OF).
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