Fromfore- +hand.
forehand (pluralforehands)
- (racket sports) Astroke in which thepalm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
- (disc sports) Athrow similar to asidearm throw inbaseball, where thedisc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by themiddle finger.
- All of the part of ahorse which is before therider.
1618, Michel Baret,An Hipponomie […] :[…]those horses which are of a chickeForehand, short necked
- (archaic) The chief or most important part.
- Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:And, but for ceremony such a wretch,
Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep,
Had theforehand and vantage of a king
- (surfing) Thehand towards the front of the board.
- (kind of throw in sports):flick
all of the part of a horse which is before the rider
forehand (notcomparable)
- Beforehand; paid in advance.
- aforehand rent
forehand (third-person singular simple presentforehands,present participleforehanding,simple past and past participleforehanded)
- (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
