Where does forecutter come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

forecutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

One who, or that which prepares by cutting

"In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground."
"After their meal, farm hands and maidens go out and dance around the last sheaf, the forecutter then cuts it off and the sheaf is brought home under cheering."

Perhaps from Middle English *forecuttere, forekitter (found only in the sense of "incisor"), equivalent to fore- + cutter.

forecutters (plural)

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