forepart

Etymology

From Middle English foreparte, forparte, forpart, equivalent to fore- + part. Compare foreparty.

noun

  1. The front or anterior part of something.
    The wing being suppos'd placed in the upmost limit, seems to be put so that the plain of it lies almost horizontal, but onely the forepart does dip a little, or is somewhat more deprest […]. 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII

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