a. (and sb.). Zool. [f. L. lōr-um thong or strap, LORE sb.3 + -AL.] Pertaining to the lore. Hence as sb. = loral shield or plate (see LORE sb.3 2 c). Cf. LOREAL.
1874. Coues, Birds N. W., 134. The fore … parts and sides of the head are buff,… there is no yellow loral stripe.
1889. Saunders, Man. Brit. Birds, 92. A black loral patch descends diagonally from below the eye.
