fore edge

American  

noun

1. the front outer edge of a book, opposite the bound edge.

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fore-edge British  

noun

1. the outer edge of the pages of a book

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Etymology

Origin of fore edge

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The cut fore edge, opposite the spine, is silky smooth.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2020

Sometimes the exposed pages, known as the fore edge, had text or embellishments, including extravagantly painted scenes from the book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2018

I ran my thumb along its fore edge, narrow and sharp against my skin.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2011

To do this he had to climb about ten feet up the fore edge of the blade upon which he was perched, and to anyone but a sailor this would have been an impossibility.

From The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure by Browne, Gordon

The folded edge of signatures at the head, fore edge and tail of books.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low