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🏟️ A pelota court 🏛️ A building top 🧱 A court wall
fronton

fronton

9.9
A vertical wall at one end of a jai alai or pelota court that players hit the ball against
  • noun
  • /ˈfrʌntɒn/
  • Jargon
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  • He practiced his shots against the fronton to improve his technique in jai alai.

Examples

  • The same kind of people who always go about carrying thick books written by spindly-legged sons who are so feeble they couldn't throw a pelote against a fronton!

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The players lined up at the fronton, ready to start their game of pelota.

  • During the match, the ball rebounded off the fronton, creating an exciting play.

Surface Forms

fronton singular
frontons plural

Etymology

Fronton also refers to the wall at one end of a pelota or jai alai court. It comes from Latin frons meaning 'front' or 'forehead', like English front, because this wall is the court's 'front' that players hit the ball against.