foreshoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The leading shoot.
  2. An overhang created by an upper level cantilevered over the lower level of a barn; forebay.
verb
  1. To go too far forward; overshoot.

Word forms

foreshoot foreshoots foreshooting foreshot

Etymology

From fore- + shoot.

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