foreface

American  

[fawr-feys, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌfeɪs, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. the area of the head that is in front of the eyes: applied especially to four-legged mammals.

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Etymology

Origin of foreface

1535–45, for an earlier sense; fore- + face

Example Sentences

LIPS, FLEWS, AND DEWLAP—In front the lips fall squarely, making a right-angle with the upper line of the foreface, whilst behind they form deep, hanging flews, and, being continued into the pendent folds of loose skin about the neck, constitute the dewlap, which is very pronounced.

From Project Gutenberg

One can readily understand, therefore, that such an entirely "fancy" point as a long foreface and narrow, clean skull had never been thought of for a moment, and it was in these particulars that the Welsh Terrier at first failed, from a show point of view.

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The muzzle, or foreface, is broad, and the skull proportionately narrow, so that the whole head, when viewed from above and in front, has the appearance of equal breadth throughout.

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FACE—The face should be chiselled well and foreface long, of equal depth throughout, and well filled in below the eyes with no appearance of being pinched.

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LIPS—The lips should hang quite square in front, forming a right angle with the upper line of foreface.

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