"netherfront" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: netherfronts [plural]
Etymology: nether- + front Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|nether|front}} nether- + front Head templates: {{en-noun}} netherfront (plural netherfronts)
  1. A cloth hanging that veils the front of the altar.
    Sense id: en-netherfront-en-noun-on2xteJa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with nether-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1904, Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, page 258",
          "text": "The most noteworthy altar-cloths were a set given by Alice Chester, the overfront representing our Lord rising out of the Sepulchre, sometimes called our Lord's Pity, with a netherfront and two curtains all \"of one work.\"",
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          "ref": "2016, Sarah Hamilton, Andrew Spicer, Defining the Holy",
          "text": "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.",
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