Foreshoot
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The leading shoot.
"When we consider the era in which Plato lived, before the Revelation of Christ had shed the sunbeams of its life and light upon the world, seeing only a foreshoot of the glorious day about to open, and conjecturing obscurely as to the true relationship and destiny of men, we are astonished at the beauty and justice of his sentiments, and his deep devotion to the laws of Eternal Order and Duty."
- 2 An overhang created by an upper level cantilevered over the lower level of a barn; forebay.
"The sketch inclosed is for a barn 42 x 34 feet with 8 feet foreshoot and the same back shed."
- 1 To go too far forward; overshoot.
"Instantly he gave the rein to his horse, and with panting speed foreshot his little army : in a moment after his beloved Fanny sprang into his arms."
Example
More examples"When we consider the era in which Plato lived, before the Revelation of Christ had shed the sunbeams of its life and light upon the world, seeing only a foreshoot of the glorious day about to open, and conjecturing obscurely as to the true relationship and destiny of men, we are astonished at the beauty and justice of his sentiments, and his deep devotion to the laws of Eternal Order and Duty."
Etymology
From fore- + shoot.
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