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forestretch

verb

Etymology

From fore- + stretch. Cognate with German vorstrecken.

  1. derived from *(s)treg-✻
  2. inherited from *strakkjan✻ — “to stretch, make taut or tight”
  3. inherited from streċċan — “to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”
  4. inherited from strecchen
  5. prefixed as forestretch — “fore + stretch”

Definitions

  1. To stretch out, forth, or forward.

    • Bend in the forest then the plastic elm, By pressure moulded to the plough-beam's curve: To this be fitted at its nether point An eight foot pole, forestretching; back to back
    • That's enough," said Heer-bai blocking the father's path with her forestretched arms.

  2. That which stretches out, forth, or forward.

    • Into it, he slowed and stiffened still more, as though he waded through a holding action, biding till the curve and then the forestretch where he could be faster.

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