fore-bayn.
/ˈfɔːbeɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌbeɪ/ 1. Hydraulics. (See quots.)
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1844 in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. 38 His only chance of escape was to cross the forebay of the mill, where if the stretch would have proven too great for his horse to leap, he must lose him and cross on the timbers.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Forebay, a reservoir or conductor between a mill-race and a waterwheel. The discharging end of a head or mill-race.
2. Nautical. (See quot.)
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fore-bay..the galley or sick-bay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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