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foreholding

Syllables: fore·hold·ingUK/fɔːˈhəʊldɪŋ/US/fɔɹˈhoʊldɪŋ/

foreholding is the gerund of forehold.

foreholding is the present participle and gerund of forehold.

Meaning of forehold

Noun

forehold (plural foreholds)

  1. The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.
    • It freezes very hard, and we find it extreamly cold. The next Day, the ſame Weather, we went aboard, and ſcuttled for Flower in the Forehold. The 25th, little Wind at N.E. and froſty Weather, went aboard again, and got out of the Forehold eight Barrels of Flower, one Cask of Peaſe, with ſome Brandy...1743, John Bulkeley, John Cummins, A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740–1. Containing, a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island in the Latitude...

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Forms of foreholding

pluralforeholdings

Origin of foreholding

From forehold + -ing.

Questions about foreholding

What is foreholding the gerund of?
Foreholding is the gerund of forehold.
How do you pronounce foreholding?
Foreholding is pronounced /fɔːˈhəʊldɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near foreholding in the dictionary

  1. forehistory
  2. forehock
  3. forehocks
  4. forehold
  5. foreholden
  6. foreholding
  7. foreholdings
  8. foreholds
  9. forehood
  10. forehoods
  11. forehoof

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