Definition of Foreface

1. the front part of the head of a quadruped [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreface

foredges
foredid
foredispose
foredisposed
foredisposes
foredisposing
foredo
foredoes
foredoing
foredone
foredoom
foredoomed
foredooming
foredooms
foredraft
foreface (current term)
forefaces
forefather
forefathers
forefeel
forefeeling
forefeels
forefeet
forefelt
forefence
forefences
forefend
forefended
forefending
forefends

Literary usage of Foreface

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"In profile the upper outline of the skull is nearly in the same plane as that of the foreface. The length, from end of nose to stop (midway between the ..."

2. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"foreface.—The foreface is long, deep, and of even width throughout, with square outline when seen in profile. EYES.—The eyes are deeply sunk in the orbits, ..."

3. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"The muzzle, or foreface, is broad, and the skull proportionately narrow, ... The face should 1> e well chiselled and foreface long, of equal depth ..."

4. The Kennel Handbook by C. J. Davies (1905)
"If the choice lies between keeping one with a long foreface and short skull, or with a long skull and short foreface, it may be taken as a broad rule ..."

5. All about Airedales: A Book of General Information Valuable to Dog Lovers by Robert Manning Palmer (1916)
"If she is weak in muzzle and foreface, but yet has good length of head, when mated to a dog particularly strong in jaw and foreface, the litter will tend to ..."

6. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"It is of good length, well rounded in foreface, good alike in eye and expression. His ears are inclined to be horny and he is a very indifferent shower. ..."

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