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foreways

foreways is the plural of foreway.

Meaning of foreway

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
  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.

Questions about foreways

What is foreways the plural of?
Foreways is the plural of foreway.

Words near foreways in the dictionary

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

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