fore edge

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fore- +‎ edge.

Noun

fore edge (plural fore edges)

  1. The front edge of something.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII:
      [T]he fore-edge of this is arm'd with a multitude of little bristles, or Tenter-hooks […].
    1. The edge of a book, leaf, or illustration furthest from the backbone.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.