Meanings
plural forecutters
- One who, or that which prepares by cutting
In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground.
1895, Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries, page 1651 more example
After their meal, farm hands and maidens go out and dance around the last sheaf, the forecutter then cuts it off and the sheaf is brought home under cheering.
2011, Michelle Lina Marie Hitchcock, Goddess Holle
Origin
- Middle English*forecuttere
- Englishforecutter
Perhaps from Middle English *forecuttere, forekitter (found only in the sense of "incisor"), equivalent to fore- + cutter.
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