forescreen

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noun

A screen placed in front of something.

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Meanings

nounforescreen (plural forescreens)

plural forescreens

  1. A screen placed in front of something.

    We could just catch a glimpse of the haloed warriors and elders in the frescoes, the shine of the ikons, and the heavily armed forescreen of the altar.

    2013, Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
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    The third [predella] […] is less successful overall, but it continues at an early date the idea of a pilaster forescreen through which the viewer looks to see events behind.

    1974, Susan Regan McKillop, Franciabigio, page 59

Origin

From fore- + screen.

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APA

forescreen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forescreen

MLA

“forescreen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forescreen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forescreen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forescreen.

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