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
From the foreside of the bulkhead came an uninterrupted hammering and clinking, and now and then a hiss of steam.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
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 Conrad, Joseph
The Captain swung quickly down the foreside of the conning-tower, ran forward and peered into the casing in the eyes of the boat.
From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham
One of my great-great-grandfather's earmarks for his cows was a "swallow-fork slit in both ears"; another was a slit under the ear and a "half-penny mark on the foreside of the near ear."
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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