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frontis

[ fruhn-tis ]

noun

  1. the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court. Compare rebote ( def 1 ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frontis1

< Spanish, apparently alteration of frente front
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Example Sentences

One of fifteen copies printed on Japan paper, with the frontis-piece in three states.

There was no remedy but to silence him, which our friend dexterously accomplished by a blow on the os frontis.

A sporting tandem-driving Doctor of our acquaintance calls his leader the Hoss frontis.

El frontis da a la calle del Condestable, y tiene cinco balcones de hierro que parecen cinco castillos.

This is the basic principle, and it is the principle of the Divine Law: In sudore frontis tuae comedes panem tuum.

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