forehand

Etymology

fore- + hand

noun

1. (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. (disc sports) 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.
3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
   […]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked 1618, Michel Baret, An Hipponomie[…]
4. (archaic) The chief or most important part.
   The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 1, scene 3
5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
6. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.

adj

1. Beforehand; paid in advance.
   a forehand rent

verb

1. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.