Fore"hand` (?), n.
1.
All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
Johnson.
2.
The chief or most important part.
Shak.
3.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . .
Had the forehand and vantage of a king.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.
Fore"hand`, a.
Done beforehand; anticipative.
And so extenuate the forehand sin.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.