forepart

English

From Middle English foreparte, forparte, forpart, equivalent to fore- +‎ part. Compare foreparty.

forepart (plural foreparts)

The front or anterior part of something.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXXVIII:
  The wing being suppos'd placed in the upmost limit, seems to be put so that the plain of it lies almost horizontal, but onely the forepart does dip a little, or is somewhat more deprest […].
- 1902, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, OCLC 926810891, part II, page 100:
  I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the forepart of the steamboat, just below my head.

front part