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forelooper, foreloper S. Afr.|fɔəˈluːpə(r), -ˈləʊpə(r)|
[ad. Du. voorlooper, f. voor- fore- + looper runner, f. loopen to run.]
A boy who walks with the foremost pair of a team of oxen, in order to guide them. Hence foreˈloop v. intr., to do the work of a forelooper.
1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iv, I managed to start on March 31, with only a driver and foreloper. 1881Fenn Off to Wilds iii. 21 The foreloper, whose duty it is to walk with the foremost oxen. 1889Catholic Household 30 Nov. 7 Fr. Le Bihan in like manner ‘fore-louping’ because one of their boys had cut his foot. |