forefoot

Etymology

From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.

noun

1. Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
2. The front part of a person's foot.
   I was not even sure I could change it at all, but I was convinced that I had to change my foot plant and land higher on my forefoot, rather than my heel. 2014, Allan Lawrence, Olympus and Beyond, page 100
3. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

verb

1. (rare, obsolete) To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
2. (transitive) To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.
   He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump. 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, page 106
   By the time she was twelve, she could flank and mug as well as her brothers, she could forefoot anything that moved, but it didn't matter. 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 51