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
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 Robert Dallington
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
On the foreside of this cabin lived the more subordinate officers, and still further forward the crew.
From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke
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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