forepack

forepack noun: a pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.

Noun

forepack (plural forepacks)

(rare) A pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.
- The hulls are subdivided by five steel and one wooden watertight bulkheads. In the forepack is a storeroom for provisions, etc.; also gasoline tanks, behind which is a crew space, with ample accommodation for eight men, while aft are smaller but more comfortable quarters for two officers.1917, Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, volume 37, page 41
- A forepack carried over the saddlebags contained a gas mask, hand spade, food bag, field flask and cooking utensils.1991, Alex Buchner, The German infantry handbook, 1939-1945

This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.1993, Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference:
And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution.1996, Dervla Murphy, The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe:

plural	forepacks

From fore- + pack, modelled on backpack.

What does forepack mean?: Forepack means a pack or container carried or located on the front or forward side.
How do you use forepack in a sentence?: This could not be applied to the forepack ballast tank but this will be generally operated at a fixed level.
What part of speech is forepack?: Forepack is a noun.
What is the plural of forepack?: The plural of forepack is forepacks.

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