Overfront
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overfront is a noun meaning A false overshirt, jacket, or vest that is attached to the bodice or shirt of a garment.
Meaning
A false overshirt, jacket, or vest that is attached to the bodice or shirt of a garment.
More Meanings
- A decorative wall hanging or dorsal that sits behind the altar and matches the netherfront.
- (obsolete) To confront; to oppose; to withstand.
Example Sentences
No 2—Is the Overfront, forming a jacket that opens over the fullness.
Or when they had four columns to hold up the overfront and riddells, these were often utilised to carry a taper on each.
The straight overfronts and back of the gown were made in Ondine silk , shot blue and faint yellow with an opalescent effect
It seems quite possible that the 'greater sorte' of silk pictures in particular were intended to adorn an altar, either as an overfront, a netherfront or even a reredos.
Word Forms
- overfronts
- overfronting
- overfronted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overtop, overbodice, overshirt, overshift, wrapover, overdress.
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