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fore-end|ˈfɔərɛnd|
[f. fore- prefix1 + end.]
1. a. Of place: The fore part, front. Now chiefly Naut.
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 39 Seynt Barthilmewe..with his holy hande drewe forth the shippe by the for ende. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn vii. 29 He dyde cut of the hed, & henged hit atte forende of his sadel. a1626Bacon New Atl. Wks. 1778 I. 352 In the fore-end of it which was towards him, grew a..branch of palm. 1833Marryat P. Simple xiv, Mr. Chucks then sat down upon the fore-end of the booms. 1878W. C. Russell Wreck of Grosvenor xxi, I crawled to the fore-end of the poop.
b. The fore part of the stock of a gun, which supports the barrel. Also attrib.
1881Greener Gun 250 The finisher..has to file up and shape the stock and fore-end. Ibid. 256 All that is required being a sufficient grip to keep the fore-end to the barrels. Ibid. 487 Grasp the gun..close to the fore-end tip.
c. = fore-hock.
1906Mrs. Beeton Househ. Managem. 628 Fore end..weight about 17 lb. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 343/1 For boiling, choose a piece of fore-end or gammon. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. (Suppl.) 11/2 Good length, well-shaped hams..fine fore-end and head.
d. pl. The forward space in a submarine, used for the storage of torpedoes and as living-quarters for members of the crew; also, the submarine ratings quartered there. colloq.
1940G. Hackforth-Jones Submarine Flotilla i. 24 A torpedo..had slipped through its carrying-band and plunged into the ‘fore-ends’. 1942― One-One-One i. 7 Petty Officer John Rodgers, the Torpedo Gunner's Mate, was browsing over his torpedo tubes in the ‘Fore-ends’ of the Plunger. Ibid., Those [torpedoes] ready for firing lying concealed in the tubes..were the pride of the ‘Fore-ends’ crew. 1958J. D. Drummond H.M. U-Boat vii. 105 Naval Intelligence..indicated that the ‘Salmon and Gluckstein’—as the fore-ends lightly nicknamed the enemy heavy units—were ready to make a dash for it. Ibid. viii. 118 The long-suffering Scots in the fore-ends.
2. Of time: The beginning, early part. Now dial.; chiefly = spring.
1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. iii. 73 Where I haue..payed More pious debts to Heauen, then in all The fore-end of my time. 1768Wales in Phil. Trans. LX. 123 In the fore end of December, I went to one of the hunters tents. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvii, ‘I will be back about the fore end o' har'st.’ 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., ‘The fore end of the year’, spring. 1890W. A. Wallace Only a Sister xiv, ‘Yow've read about her i' the papers maybe last fore-end?’
3. Comb. fore-end loader Agric., a loader attached to the front of a tractor or other vehicle; a fore-loader.
1958Times 15 Dec. 2/5 The indiscriminate use of fore-end loaders can add materially to the dirt tare. 1964J. C. Turner Farm Machinery ix. 82 When using a fore-end loader the following..should be remembered... The load should not be lifted higher than necessary. |