foreside
Americannoun
noun
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the front or upper side or part
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land extending along the sea
Etymology
Origin of foreside
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at fore-, side 1
Example Sentences
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Harry Byrd has belabored AAA's cotton restriction plan hindside, foreside and around the State.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was thus, with the light being on the foreside of the sail, that I saw a small hole a little below the foot-rope, through which a ray of the light shone.
From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope
Clambering over the precious pile in the middle, they crouched low on the foreside of the mast and groped under the half-deck.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
An altar standing vpon goates feete, with a burning fire aloft, on the foreside whereof there was also an eie, and a vulture.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
The Captain swung quickly down the foreside of the conning-tower, ran forward and peered into the casing in the eyes of the boat.
From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham
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