overfront

Etymology

From over- + front.

overfront means A false overshirt, jacket, or vest that is attached to the bodice or shirt of a garment. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A false overshirt, jacket, or vest that is attached to the bodice or shirt of a garment.“No 2—Is the Overfront, forming a jacket that opens over the fullness.”
A decorative wall hanging or dorsal that sits behind the altar and matches the netherfront.“Or when they had four columns to hold up the overfront and riddells, these were often utilised to carry a taper on each.”

verb

To confront; to oppose; to withstand.“Doubling of the Reere, your battaile will be both lengthened and strengthned , And so by the sudden bringing of these Supplies into the reere, you may not only relieve your owne, but happily overfront your enemy.”