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foreway

foreway noun: a highroad.

Noun

foreway (plural foreways)

  1. (Northern England, dialectal) A highroad.
  2. (UK, dialectal) An advantage; foredeal.
    • I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom.1852, William Carleton, Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry
    • Provided that old Gilligan had not more horse sense than yourself and got the foreway of you," says I, [...]1902, Pearson's magazine, volume 13
  3. The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.

Forms of foreway

pluralforeways

Origin of foreway

From fore- + way.

Questions about foreway

What does foreway mean?
Foreway means a highroad.
What part of speech is foreway?
Foreway is a noun.
What is the plural of foreway?
The plural of foreway is foreways.

Words near foreway in the dictionary

  1. forewaste
  2. forewatch
  3. forewatches
  4. forewater
  5. forewaters
  6. foreway
  7. foreways
  8. foreweep
  9. foreweigh
  10. foreweighed
  11. foreweighing

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