frontways

Adverb

frontways (not comparable)

1. towards the front; forward
   • But, because the naval as well as the land army consisted of four legions, and accordingly the ships made four divisions, two of these are yet behind; of which the third fleet, or third legion, was drawn up frontways in the rear of the first and second, and so, stretching along from point to point...1820, Basil Kennett, Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, The antiquities of Rome, page 242
   • Upper grip; jump to side support frontways; swing left leg forward over bar outside of left hand; fall back to outer knee-hand hang and with the next swing execute an outer knee swing-up forward; return left leg to side support frontways[…]1919, Arthur James Schuettner, The University of Illinois plan to stimulate interest in physical education, page 18