n. [ OF. frontelet brow band, dim. of frontel, frontal. See Frontal, n. ] 1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. [ 1913 Webster ] They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A frown (likened to a frontlet). [ R. & Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ] What makes that frontlet on? Methinks you are too much of late i' the frown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles. [ 1913 Webster ] |