fore edge
noun
the front outer edge of a book, opposite the bound edge.
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fore edge
Americannoun
fore-edge
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of fore edge
First recorded in 1655–65
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The cut fore edge, opposite the spine, is silky smooth.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2020
Sometimes the exposed pages, known as the fore edge, had text or embellishments, including extravagantly painted scenes from the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2018
I ran my thumb along its fore edge, narrow and sharp against my skin.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2011
To do this he had to climb about ten feet up the fore edge of the blade upon which he was perched, and to anyone but a sailor this would have been an impossibility.
From The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure by Gordon Browne
The correct position of the printed matter, the widths of head, tail, and fore edge may be destroyed by careless cutting.
Maisie Matilda, 22, taught herself fore-edge painting during the first lockdown.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
"My main aim is to bring fore-edge painting back into popular visual culture," she said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
Jackson said she particularly enjoys doing fore-edge painting on copies of Tolkien’s work.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
Jackson is also finishing her final year of college studying art history, which means she only has limited time to do fore-edge paintings, she said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
Trimming The book is squared up by tapping on a flat surface, and trimmed at the head, fore-edge and tail.
From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey
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