frontlet
noun/ˈfɹʌntlət/
Etymology From Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel. Compare armlet.
1
Obsolete The forehead.
2
The forehead of an animal, especially of a deer or stag (including the antlers).
3
An ornament worn on the forehead.
4
A bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.
- Frontlets are known to every goodwife: rose-water and vinegar, with a little woman's milk, and nutmegs grated upon a rose-cake applied to both temples.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection vi:
- Derived terms
- starfrontlet