frounter

Middle English

Alternative forms

frunture, fronter, frowntere, fronteur, frountre, ffrontour, frountour, frountier

Etymology

From Old French fronter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfruntɛːr/, /ˈfruːntɛːr/, /ˈfruntuːr/

Noun

frounter (plural frounters) (Late Middle English)

(rare) A frontier or borderland.
(rare) A fort located upon the borderland.
(rare) The vanguard of a military force.
(rare) A tapestry over another tapestry over an altar.
(rare) A building's frontispiece.
(rare) Armor for the forehead of an equine.

Descendants

English: frontier
Scots: fronter (obsolete)

References

“frǒuntēr, -iēr (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

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