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
Example Sentences
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Harry Byrd has belabored AAA's cotton restriction plan hindside, foreside and around the State.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Bower, John Graham
An altar standing vpon goates feete, with a burning fire aloft, on the foreside whereof there was also an eie, and a vulture.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
It is formed in the shape of the hull of the vessel, and as the partial balance of the lower foreside gradually reduces the strains, the rudder head may be made of very great service.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
From the foreside of the bulkhead came an uninterrupted hammering and clinking, and now and then a hiss of steam.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
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