Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FRONT'AL, n. [L. frontale; Fr. frontal; from. L. frons.]

1. In medicine, a medicament or preparation to be applied to the forehead. Quincy.
2. In architecture, a little pediment or frontpiece, over a small door or window. Encyc.
3. In Jewish ceremonies, a frontlet or browband, consisting of four pieces of vellum, laid on leather, and tied round the forehead in the synagogue; each piece containing some text of Scripture. Encyc.