fore edge

fore edge

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English fore-
English edge
English fore edge

    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.
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