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)

1. (rare) A frontier or borderland.
2. (rare) A fort located upon the borderland.
3. (rare) The vanguard of a military force.
4. (rare) A tapestry over another tapestry over an altar.
5. (rare) A building's frontispiece.
6. (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.