forestroke
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A forward stroke or movement.
noun
An ornament in which one or more notes are added before the principal note, such as an appoggiatura or acciaccatura
Example Sentences
- "The endopods of the second maxilla and of the trunk limbs flick medially at the termination of the forestroke and the posterior setae of the endopod are pointed medially."
- "Forward motion can also be produced by the figure-8 stroke, by increasing the angle of attack on the backstroke and decreasing it on the forestroke, and by moving the whole limb from 'forward and down' to 'back and up' (Fig. 10c,d)."
- "Around 1500, beyaerders also applied their chiming technique on the smaller bells of the forestroke."
- "Yes, and we call it a waving forestroke. It sometimes waves upward, sometimes downward."
- "The particular kind of forestroke was also indicated by double letters."