单词 | fore-piece |
释义 | fore-piecen. The foremost, first, or front piece: a. gen. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 1788 M. Cutler Jrnl. 4 Aug. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 401 Broke the forepiece of my sulky, which detained us. b. Theatre. A ‘curtain-raiser’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [noun] > a theatrical production > curtain-raiser fore-piece1814 lever de rideau1860 curtain-raiser1886 1814 Monthly Mag. 37 333 Tragedies of the last age..could be shortened into permanent fore-pieces. c. Saddlery. (See quot. 1874). ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 905/1 Fore-piece (Saddlery), the flap attached to the fore-part of a side saddle, to guard the rider's dress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasfore-piece fore-piece n. Brit. /ˈfɔːpiːs/ , U.S. /ˈfɔrˌpis/ (see quot. 1874).Π 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 905 Fore-piece (Saddlery) the flap attached to the fore-part of a side-saddle, to guard the rider's dress. < n.1788 as lemmas |
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