Obs. [app. f. suf- = SUB- 3 + FRONT sb. (9 b).] ? An altar-frontal.
1516. in G. Oliver, Lives Bps. Exeter, etc. (1861), 364. Suffront, stayned de blodio bokeram cum ymagine Crucifixi.
1668. Bp. Hacket, Lett., in T. T. Carter, Life J. Kettlewell (1895), 49. In velvet, purple and azure, fifty pounds worth … to serve as paraphront or suffront, and carpet for the Altar. Ibid. (a. 1670), Abp. Williams, II. (1693), 107. Paraphront, Suffront, for the Hangings above and beneath the Table.
