foreshot

English edit

From fore- +‎ shot.

foreshot (plural foreshots)

The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
Foreshots knock the ball forward.
A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
- 1997, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, volume 2:
  Twelve foreshot and twelve backshot records at varying offsets were acquired for each geophone setup to achieve 24 fold duplicity.
(architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
(photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.
- 2013, Hannah Hooton, Giving Chase, →ISBN, page 122:
  It was obviously an Aspen Valley resident because she recognised the stabling in the background, but the tall dark bay horse in the foreshot didn't look familiar.

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