forescreen

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English

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Etymology

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From fore- +‎ screen.

Noun

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forescreen (plural forescreens)

  1. A screen placed in front of something.
    • 1974, Susan Regan McKillop, Franciabigio, page 59:
      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.
    • 2013, Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos:
      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.

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