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forefoot

The English word “forefoot” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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