English Explanatory Dictionary

forefoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
  2. The front part of a person's foot.
  3. A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
verb
  1. To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
  2. To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-forefoot.wav

Word forms

forefoot forefeet forefoots forefooting forefooted

Etymology

From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.

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