fronticepiece

Ye see, mum, my name's Walsingham Nix, at yer sarvice -- Walsingham bein 'my great, great grandad's fronticepiece, while Nix war ther hind-wheeler, like nor w'at a he-mule ar' w'en hitched ter a 'schooner.'

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler