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noun

Forehand n.

All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

The chief or most important part.

Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. "And, but for ceremony, such a wretch... Had the forehand and vantage of a king."

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Etymology of 'Forehand'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forehand" Quotes from Famous Books

... CHAMPIONSHIP | | | |William M. Johnston inscribed his name upon the | |classic national tennis singles championship most | |impressively yesterday, using a forehand stroke that| |left no dispute as to his right to the title. The | |young player, who two seasons ago was hailed as the | |successor to Maurice E. McLoughlin, made good the | |prediction by the score of 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, 10-8, | |while thousands cheered the vanquished McLoughlin | |and the new ...

— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer

... court and various shots: The solid * is you and your position and the O is your opponent's. The direction of flight of the ball is indicated by arrows and the "x" indicates when and where the ball bounces on the floor. "F" indicates forehand, "B" backhand, and the "S" is the service. In all descriptions it is assumed the player ...

— Squash Tennis • Richard C. Squires

... they have a striking resemblance to the quagga. Their color is bay, marked more or less like the quagga in a darker tint. Both are distinguished by the dark line along the ridge of the back, the dark stripes across the forehand, and the dark bars across the back part of the legs." The President of the Royal Society saw the foals and verified Lord ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... opportunity of stealing the horse, whereupon I mounted him and, drawing a whip from my wallet, struck him with it. When the robbers heard this, they came out on me and surrounded me on all sides and shot arrows and cast spears at me, whilst I stuck fast on his back and he fended me with hoofs and forehand,[FN91] till at last he bolted out with me from amongst them like unerring shaft or shooting star. But in the stress and stowre I got sundry grievous wounds and sore; and, since that time, I have passed ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

Words linked to "Forehand" : squash rackets, badminton, tennis, return, forehand shot, squash racquets