Forefoot
['fɔːfʊt] or ['fɔrfʊt]
Definition
(n.) One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.
(n.) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
Edited by Lenore
Definition
n. one of the anterior feet of a quadruped.
Checked by Emil
Examples
- I hope Uncle Pumblechook's mare mayn't have set a forefoot on a piece o' ice, and gone down. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The cat plays about her comrade's forefeet or his trunk often, until dogs approach, and then she goes aloft out of danger. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Inputed by Bartholomew