FromMiddle Englishforefot,forfote, equivalent tofore- +foot.
forefoot (pluralforefeet)
- Either of thefrontfeet of aquadruped.
- The front part of a person's foot.
2014, Allan Lawrence,Olympus and Beyond, page100:I was not even sure I could change it at all, but I was convinced that I had to change my foot plant and land higher on myforefoot, rather than my heel.
- (shipbuilding) A piece oftimber terminating thekeel at thefore end, connecting it with the lower end of thestem.
either of the front feet of a quadruped
forefoot (third-person singular simple presentforefoots,present participleforefooting,simple past and past participleforefooted)
- (rare, obsolete) Torepair the front area of (a shoe etc).
- (transitive) To catch (ahorse) by binding its front legs together withrope.
1992, Cormac McCarthy,All the Pretty Horses,→ISBN, page106:He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop andforefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump.
2013,Philipp Meyer,The Son, Simon & Schuster, published2014, page51:By the time she was twelve, she could flank and mug as well as her brothers, she couldforefoot anything that moved, but it didn't matter.
to bind the forefeet of an animal
