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forechases

forechases is the plural of forechase.

Meaning of forechase

Noun

forechase (plural forechases)

  1. The front of a hunt; a first assault
    • After this, he was in a great hurry to get his spritsail-yard fore and aft, threatening very hard, and plying them with his forechase; but they were soon out of his reach; this ship was called the Peregrine, of fifty-six guns, with upward of 450 men.1848, John Galt, All the Voyages Round the World

Questions about forechases

What is forechases the plural of?
Forechases is the plural of forechase.

Words near forechases in the dictionary

  1. forechain
  2. forechains
  3. forecharge
  4. forecharges
  5. forechase
  6. forechases
  7. forecheck
  8. forechecked
  9. forechecker
  10. forecheckers
  11. forechecking

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