forefoot
(noun) a front foot of a quadruped
Source: WordNet® 3.1
forefoot (plural forefeet)
Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
(shipbuilding) A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
forefoot (third-person singular simple present forefoots, present participle forefooting, simple past and past participle forefooted)
(rare, obsolete) To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
(transitive) To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.
Source: Wiktionary
Fore"foot`, n.
1. One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.
2. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
