frount
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French front, from Latin frons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frunt/, /fruːnt/
Noun
frount (plural frountes)
- The front; the forward side of something:
- The forehead; the front of one's upper head.
- The head of a troop or military force.
- The frontispiece or front of a building.
- (rare) A forwards projection or point.
- (rare) A drape over an altar.
- (rare) The face; the front of one's head.
- (rare) The access side of a property or parcel of land.
Descendants
References
- “frǒunt (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
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