Meaning of Forehand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. A surname.
3. A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
4. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
5. The chief or most important part.
   archaic
6. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
7. The hand towards the front of the board.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked”

“The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host”

“And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king”

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