forearm

Etymology

From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).

noun

  1. The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
  2. (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.

verb

  1. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To arm in preparation.
    But in so far as they were able to forearm themselves against the anxieties of bereavement, the loss may have been that much easier to face. 2013, Peter Marris, Widows and Their Families, page 20

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