fore edge

English

Alternative forms

• foredge

Etymology

From fore- +‎ edge.

Noun

fore edge (plural fore edges)

1. The front edge of something.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII:

     [T]he fore-edge of this is arm'd with a multitude of little bristles, or Tenter-hooks […].

   1. The edge of a book, leaf, or illustration furthest from the backbone.