forepart

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Etymology

From Middle English foreparte, forparte, forpart, equivalent to fore- +‎ part. Compare foreparty.

Noun

forepart (plural foreparts)

  1. The front or anterior part of something.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII:
      The wing being suppos'd placed in the upmost limit, seems to be put so that the plain of it lies almost horizontal, but onely the forepart does dip a little, or is somewhat more deprest […].
    • 1902, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part II, page 100:
      I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the forepart of the steamboat, just below my head.

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