foreskirt en · NOUN
Etymology
From fore- + skirt.
Meanings
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(historical) The front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.
Honour's train is longer than his foreskirt.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foreskirts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |