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forefooting

forefooting is the present participle and gerund of forefoot.

Meaning of forefoot

Verb

forefoot (third-person singular simple present forefoots, present participle forefooting, simple past and past participle forefooted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
  2. (transitive) To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.
    • He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 106

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Noun

forefooting (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of repairing the forepart of a shoe or boot.

Origin of forefooting

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English fore-foting, fforfotenge, equivalent to forefoot + -ing.

Questions about forefooting

What does forefooting mean?
Forefooting means the act or process of repairing the forepart of a shoe or boot.
What is forefooting the present participle and gerund of?
Forefooting is the present participle and gerund of forefoot.
What part of speech is forefooting?
Forefooting is a noun.

Words near forefooting in the dictionary

  1. foreflowed
  2. foreflowing
  3. foreflows
  4. forefoot
  5. forefooted
  6. forefooting
  7. forefoots
  8. foreform
  9. foreformed
  10. foreforming
  11. foreforms

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