† forestamn.

Forms: Also Middle English forestayne, Middle English forstanyg (? read forstavyng), Middle English forestaven.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + Middle English stam, staven, Old English stæfn prow (see stem n.¹).

Obsolete.

1. The prow of a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]

foreshipc1000

stam1336

bilynge?a1400

forestam?a1400

boat-head1485

head1485

prore1489

forecastle1490

steven1512

forepart1526

nose1538

prow1555

stem1555

forebow1569

beak-head1579

galion1604

bow1626

fore-beaka1656

forebudding1811

prora1847

snout1853

forward1892

sharp end1948

?a1400 Morte Arth. 742 Frekes one þe forestayne, fakene þeire coblez.

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 822 in Ritson Met. Rom. III. 179 With eighty ores at the fore staven.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 179 Frekis in forstame [v.r. foirstam, forstarne] rewllit weill thar ger.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 804 Hec prora, a forstanyg.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iii. 78 Fra thair foirstammys the buller brayis and raris.

2. Scottish. The front, forehead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun]

foreheadc1000

frontc1290

brow1535

frontier1583

frontispiecea1625

forestam1790

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gloss. 15 Forestum [sic], the fore~head.

a1809 in Skinner's Misc. Poet. 132 His enemy..Raught him a rap on the forestam.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	forestam
释义	† forestamn. Forms: Also Middle English forestayne, Middle English forstanyg (? read forstavyng), Middle English forestaven. Etymology: < fore- prefix + Middle English stam, staven, Old English stæfn prow (see stem n.¹). Obsolete. 1. The prow of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] foreshipc1000 stam1336 bilynge?a1400 forestam?a1400 boat-head1485 head1485 prore1489 forecastle1490 steven1512 forepart1526 nose1538 prow1555 stem1555 forebow1569 beak-head1579 galion1604 bow1626 fore-beaka1656 forebudding1811 prora1847 snout1853 forward1892 sharp end1948 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 742 Frekes one þe forestayne, fakene þeire coblez. ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 822 in Ritson Met. Rom. III. 179 With eighty ores at the fore staven. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 179 Frekis in forstame [v.r. foirstam, forstarne] rewllit weill thar ger. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 804 Hec prora, a forstanyg. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iii. 78 Fra thair foirstammys the buller brayis and raris. 2. Scottish. The front, forehead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [noun] foreheadc1000 frontc1290 brow1535 frontier1583 frontispiecea1625 forestam1790 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gloss. 15 Forestum [sic], the fore~head. a1809 in Skinner's Misc. Poet. 132 His enemy..Raught him a rap on the forestam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1400
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