| 释义 |
† ˈforefight Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + fight n.]
a. The foremost defence or bulwark (see fight, n. 5 b).
b. The front rank (of an army).
c1611Chapman Iliad xii. 274 The Greeks..repair'd the fore⁓fights of their wall With hides of oxen. Ibid. xv. 277 These were they, that bravely furnish'd then The fierce forefight. |