Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreway

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-way
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

An advantage; foredeal.

British usage

noun

The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.

Example Sentences

"I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom."
"Provided that old Gilligan had not more horse sense than yourself and got the foreway of you," says I, [...]"

Etymology

From fore- + way.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

foreways (plural)

Questions

What does foreway mean?: A highroad.
Where does foreway come from?: From fore- + way.

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