Foreledge

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The forward facing or anterior part of a ledge. no-plural

    "The Drake flared his mighty pinions into the chill air, stretching them to the fullest and then folding them partway back as he slithered to the lip of the foreledge and stopped."

Example

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"The Drake flared his mighty pinions into the chill air, stretching them to the fullest and then folding them partway back as he slithered to the lip of the foreledge and stopped."

Etymology

From fore- + ledge.

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