forepart
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forepart
First recorded in 1350–1400, forepart is from the Middle English word forpart. See fore-, part
Example Sentences
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“I’ve spent the forepart of this afternoon looking for the divorce agreement,” he tells Hardwick, “and fail to find it though once there seemed to be three or four, various versions, in drawers.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019
"The ship was way down by the head. All the forepart was one vast sheet of flames, and it was raining drops of burning oil."
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2014
Who could be more Elated than we were, had not we been Plunged straight away into deep sorrow, for The new land gave rise to a storm that struck Our ship’s forepart.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
They had spent the forepart of the summer, with five grownups, on a 24-ft. trade cutter, voyaging to Kwajalein Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
The master, wild with rage, called upon the seaman to take soundings, and, this being done, it was found that the Gannet was held by the heel, the forepart being well afloat.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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