foreshoot

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The leading shoot.

   • Man is no longer an insignificant accident in an immense and indifferent universe, but the very center and foreshoot of the vast evolutionary process.
2. 2

   An overhang created by an upper level cantilevered over the lower level of a barn

   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.
   • When they drove along under the "foreshoot" the horse lurched sideways and the front wheel caught behind a fence post.
3. 3

   To go too far forward

   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.
   • We coasted into the harbor, took down the sails, foreshot a little, let go the anchor, the moon rose, and Cecilia already had a meal prepared.

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