foreway

plural foreways

1. Northern EnglanddialectalA highroad.
2. UKdialectalAn advantage; foredeal.

   Provided that old Gilligan had not more horse sense than yourself and got the foreway of you," says I, [...]

   1902, Pearson's magazine, volume 13

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   I got a whisper of this; so by my song, I was determined to cut them all out in that, as well as I did in getting herself; but you know, I couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it, bekase it's an ould custom.

   1852, William Carleton, Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry

3. The part of a cart or vehicle intended to ensure that the end-thrust is taken against the shoulder collar rather than the linch-pin.