foreskirt

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noun

The front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.

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Meanings

nounforeskirt (plural foreskirts)

plural foreskirts

  1. historicalThe front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.

    Honour's train is longer than his foreskirt.

    1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From fore- + skirt.

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APA

foreskirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreskirt

MLA

“foreskirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreskirt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreskirt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreskirt.

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