Dictionary - Definition of FORE END

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Definition: FORE END


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Definition: FORE END


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Common Expressions: FORE END

Expressions	Definition
Fore end	(a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: FORE END

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Fore end	Industry	A strip of leather of convenient width cut form the fore end of a bend. Source: European Union. (references)
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