Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foregear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foregear
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Armour for the front of the body.

noun

A harness for the front horses of a team.

noun

Any gear located in a front or forward position.

Etymology

From Middle English foregere. By surface analysis, fore- + gear.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

foregears (plural) fore-gear (alternative) fore gear (alternative)

Questions

What does foregear mean?
Armour for the front of the body.
Where does foregear come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce foregear

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