foretrack

foretrack verb: to track beforehand or in advance.

Verb

foretrack (third-person singular simple present foretracks, present participle foretracking, simple past and past participle foretracked)

(transitive) To track beforehand or in advance.
- If, thereby, in the proximate future even two or three of the great Atlantic storms that ravage the sail-whitened offings of the British coasts can, every year, be foretracked and their destination be telegraphically and officially announced to the threatened European districts, the life-saving and...1880, The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, volume 3, page 727
(transitive) To track in a forward direction.
- Marten trails were foretracked and backtracked as far as possible.2010 (Digitized), Wildlife Division Report - Issue 3268, page 43

foretrack (plural foretracks)

A track made beforehand or in advance.
A track made by the forelegs of an animal.
- This directional predominance of the forelegs over the hindlegs indicates that placing the forelegs under stimulus control is a major component in training straightness (where the hindhooves step into the foretracks).2011, Paul McGreevy, Andrew McLean, Equitation Science, page 138

Verb
third-person singular present	foretracks
present participle	foretracking
past participle	foretracked
past	foretracked
Noun
plural	foretracks

From fore- + track.

What does foretrack mean?: Foretrack means to track beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is foretrack?: Foretrack can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foretrack?: The past tense of foretrack is foretracked.

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