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Frontale, -all, Frontell, n. Also: fruntale, frontaill, -oll, frwntall, frountell, fruntell. [ME. fruntall, frontel (1381), OF. frontel, late L. frontale.] A frontal for an altar or (in later use) of a bed.(a) c 1450 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 198.
j pendikill befor the alter of quhyt sylk champit with ane frontall of the samyn 1498 Halyb. 159.
A frontall of reid say brodrit 1530 Lindores Chart. 32.
Ane frwntall to ane alter of burd 1531 Bell. Boece II. 394.
The goldin and silkin claithis … war distribute amang the abbays of Scotland to be vestamentis and frontallis to thair altaris 1561 Invent. Q. Mary cxcii.
Ane frontoll of clayth of gold(b) 1503 Reg. Soltre 158.
For ane frontale and ane pend befoir the hie altar 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 64.
The frontaill of the hye altar 1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane antepend befor the altar … with towellis, frontale, … and vthir furnissing 1539 Inv. Wardrobe 47.
Thre curtingis … with ane frontale frenȝeit with gold and silk 1542 Ib. 98.
The nether frontale of the samyne bed(c) 1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 152.
Efter the forme of the frontell of the siloyris of the hie altare in Glasgu 1516 Inv. Wardrobe 28.
A frountell of an alter of clothe of gold 1542 Acts & Dreceets MS. I. 140.
In his oratour … ane fruntell of black velvot 1559 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 43.
Tua frontellis, ane of blak welwot and ane other of reid welwote 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 647/2.
Thre gren courtingis of sae with frontellis of gren tafiteis 1585 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 75.
Ane standan bed furnest with … courtingis of brogat vorsat … and ane frontell