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
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Harry Byrd has belabored AAA's cotton restriction plan hindside, foreside and around the State.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Joseph Conrad
It was found that the customhouse rule then in effect measured length between perpendiculars above the upper deck, from "foreside of the main stem" to the "after side of the sternpost."
From The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
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 John Graham Bower
They made a great hubbub amongst themselves, and whenever the old man showed his bald head on the foreside of the bridge, they would all leave off jawing and look at him from below.
From Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
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