fore edge

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From fore- + edge.

The front edge of something.

[T]he fore-edge of this is arm'd with a multitude of little bristles, or Tenter-hooks […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII:

The edge of a book, leaf, or illustration furthest from the backbone.

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