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

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

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.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

FOREFACE—The foreface is long, deep, and of even width throughout, with square outline when seen in profile.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

In profile the upper outline of the skull is nearly in the same plane as that of the foreface.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

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.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert