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forehander

noun

Etymology

From forehand + -er.

  1. inherited from *handuz✻
  2. inherited from *handu✻
  3. inherited from hand
  4. inherited from hond
  5. prefixed as forehand — “fore + hand”
  6. suffixed as forehander — “forehand + er”

Definitions

  1. A shot played forehand.

  2. A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave ("on their forehand") rather than with…

    A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave ("on their forehand") rather than with the wave behind them ("on their backhand").

    • The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhanders nightmare

  3. The crew member in charge of managing the foresail.

    • Then he heard the wailing cry of the forehander as the crowd manned the braces.
    • I had not been below ten minutes when I heard Mr. Hughes shouting orders; then there came the cries of the forehander, and the creaking of brace blocks, as the yards were trimmed once more.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forehander. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA