forepartn.
/ˈfɔːpɑːt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌpɑrt/ 1.
a. The foremost, first, or most advanced part; the front.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [noun]
foremostc1275
headc1275
foreparty1398
forepartc1400
foresidec1400
devant1411
fronture1417
fore-endc1425
frontierc1430
forefront1488
forehead1525
frontc1540
vaunt1589
proscenium1648
frontside1697
van1726
fore-piece1788
façade1839
fore1888
c1400 Burgh Lawis c. 105 Þai sall leilly lyne..baith foir part and back part of þe land.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 38 All þe inar forpartis of my saule with swetnes of heuenly myrth ar fulfild.
1483 Cath. Angl. 138/2 Þe For~parte of ye hede, cinciput.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlixv They of the Castell vexed their enemies on the foreparte.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 324 Betwixt his neck, and foreparts.
1714 S. Sewall Diary 12 Nov. (1973) II. 775 The Snow and Rain..beat on the fore-part of the Calash.
1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xvi. 383 His dark hair..stands on end on the fore part of his head.
b. esp. The bow or prow of a vessel. ? Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]
foreshipc1000
stam1336
bilynge?a1400
forestam?a1400
boat-head1485
head1485
prore1489
forecastle1490
steven1512
forepart1526
nose1538
prow1555
stem1555
forebow1569
beak-head1579
galion1604
bow1626
fore-beaka1656
forebudding1811
prora1847
snout1853
forward1892
sharp end1948
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxvii 41 And the foore parte stucke fast.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 160v Turnynge the stemmes or forpartes of their shyppes ageynst the streame.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iv. 74 The head or forepart is not altogether so high as the Stern.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for chest or breast > types of > to cover woman's breast
stomach1473
patlet?a1505
partlet1515
stomacher1535
under-forebody1547
square1579
forepart1600
poitrel1607
half-shirt1661
tucker1688
modesty piece1713
modesty1731
modesty-bit1731
buffon1774
habit-shirt1780
chemisette1806
guimpe1850
bandeau1915
monobosom1970
bralette1973
modesty vest1974
1600 Q. Eliz. Wardr. in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) III. 507 Item, one foreparte of clothe of sylver.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B4 I confesse I tooke vp a petticoate and a raiz'd fore-part for her.
1640 J. Shirley Constant Maid iv. iii They were a midwife's Fore part.
3. The earlier part.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > earlier part
antecedence1599
forepart1614
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §7. 44 All the fore-part of the day.
1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 124 He liues twice that bestowes the fore part of his life well.
1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. v. 369 In the fore part of the year 1659.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 217 In the Fore~part of the seventeenth Century.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 227 In some long-forgotten fore part of the day.
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