All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.
The chief or most important part. Shak.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king. Shak.
Done beforehand; anticipative. And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.
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