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Home Dictionary Name: fore partFore part
The part most advanced or first in time or in place the beginning...
Brisket
That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs also applied to the fore part of a horse from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest...
Quagga
A South African wild ass Equus quagga syn Hippotigris quagga The upper parts are reddish brown becoming paler behind and behind and beneath with dark stripes on the face neck and fore part of the body The species became extinct in the late 1800s largely due to excessive hunting...
Bitts
A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor or in warping Other bitts are used for belaying belaying bitts for sustaining the windlass carrick bitts winch bitts or windlass bitts to hold the pawls of the windlass pawl bitts etc...
Breast
The fore part of the body between the neck and the belly the chest as the breast of a man or of a horse...
Breasthook
A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side...
Chanfrin
The fore part of a horses head...
Commode
A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height...
Cutwater
The fore part of a ships prow which cuts the water...
Dashboard
A board placed on the fore part of a carriage sleigh or other vehicle to intercept water mud or snow thrown up by the heels of the horses in England commonly called splashboard...
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