foreleg

ˈfɔːlɛɡ

Definition

Definition of foreleg - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

medical

Rare

front leg of an animal

Rare

The horse lifted its foreleg over the fence..

furniture

Rare

front leg of a piece of furniture

Rare

The table's foreleg was beautifully carved.

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front leg of a piece of furniture

Origin of foreleg

Old English, fore (front) + leg (limb)

Terms with foreleg included in their meaning

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shoulder

food

cut of meat from upper foreleg

forequarter

animal body

the foreleg, shoulder, and surrounding area of a quadruped

foreshank

food

cut of meat from the upper foreleg

passant

adj.

heraldry

walking with the right foreleg raised

Examples of foreleg in a sentence

The vet examined the cat's swollen foreleg.
The chair's foreleg was slightly damaged.
He admired the foreleg of the antique sofa.

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French:patte avant, pied avant, ...
German:Vorderbein, ...
Italian:zampa anteriore, gamba anteriore, ...
Spanish:extremidad anterior, pata frontal, ...
Portuguese:perna dianteira, pé dianteiro, ...
Chinese:前腿, 前足, ...
Japanese:前脚, フロントレッグ, ...
Arabic:سَاق أَمَامِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:גַּף קִדְמִי, ...
Russian:передняя нога, передняя ножка, ...
Ukrainian:передня нога, передня ніжка, ...
Hindi:अग्रपाद, फोरलेग, ...
Bengali:সামনের পা, সামনের লেগ, ...
Catalan:pota davantera, ...
Czech:přední noha, ...
Danish:forben, forreste ben, ...
Dutch:voorbeen, ...
Greek:μπροστινό πόδι, πόδι επίπλου, ...
Hungarian:elülső láb, előláb, ...
Khmer:ជើងមុខ, ជើងខាងមុខ, ...
Korean:앞다리, ...
Persian:پای جلو, پای جلویی, ...
Polish:przednia noga, ...
Portuguese (BR):perna dianteira, pé dianteiro, ...
Romanian:picior din față, picior frontal, ...
Swedish:framben, främre ben, ...
Thai:ขาหน้า, ขาหน้าเฟอร์นิเจอร์, ...
Turkish:ön bacak, ön ayak, ...
Vietnamese:chân trước, chân trước của đồ nội thất, ...

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Definition of foreleg - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

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Origin of foreleg

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