forebody

[ fawr-bod-ee, fohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Nautical.

, plural fore·bod·ies.

First recorded in 1605–15; fore- + body

Instead of “shin it to win it” pressure on the forebody, you just sink into the belly of the arc naturally.

She now found that it was scarcely possible to get it on at all, and that one side of the forebody was larger than the other.

He slipped the loop of the rope down over his shoulders and about his heaving forebody.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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