forewalk
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of forwalk.
noun
A gangway.
Example Sentences
- "[…] they wear away with continuance, even as time doth wear and forewalk us; […]"
- "A gate opens into the Forewalk overhung by the arching branches of more fine beeches, among the roots of which spring numerous clumps of glistening holly."
- "One of the objections raised was that the gangway or forewalk which was the major part of the scheme was used as a promenade by the public- with a resultant loss of privacy to some of the frontages."
- "Now when the Merman had shown him the people of the city, he carried him forth therefrom and forewalked him to another city, which he found full of folk, both males and females, formed like the women aforesaid and having tails; [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English forwalken.
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
forewalks (present, singular)
forewalking (participle, present)
forewalked (participle, past)
forewalked (past)