an ornamental piece of cloth hanging over the upper part of an altar frontal 挂在祭坛帷幔上部的饰边
(dated)a decorative band or ornament worn on the forehead (旧)额饰 ■another term for phylactery 同 phylactery ■a piece of armour or harness for an animal's forehead 保护动物前额的甲胄
语源
late 15th cent. (in sense 2): from Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel (see frontal)