forefoot
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.
Noun edit
forefoot (plural forefeet)
- Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
- The front part of a person's foot.
- 2014, Allan Lawrence, Olympus and Beyond, page 100:
- I was not even sure I could change it at all, but I was convinced that I had to change my foot plant and land higher on my forefoot, rather than my heel.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- I could see the waves boiling white under her forefoot.
Translations edit
either of the front feet of a quadruped
Verb edit
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.
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 106:
- He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 51:
- By the time she was twelve, she could flank and mug as well as her brothers, she could forefoot anything that moved, but it didn't matter.