Being in front.
Of or pertaining to the forehead or frons, or to the bone of the forehead: as, the frontal crest of a bird; frontal plates of a reptile.
In entomology See clypeal suture, under clypeal.
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Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet.
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Something that comes or is situated in front; a front piece or part, as (formerly) the valance of a bed.
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Specifically In heraldry: The front of anything, as of a helmet or a cap.
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The forehead, as of a human head, used as a bearing.
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In architecture, a little pediment or frontispiece over a small door or window.
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Eccles.: A movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
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In England, in the middle ages, also a movable cover of wood or precious metal for the front of the altar. Such a frontal was sometimes called a table (also tabula, tablementum).
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In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead.
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In anatomy and zoology, the frontal bone; the bone of the forehead.