foreskirt

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ skirt.

Noun

foreskirt (plural foreskirts)

1. (historical) The front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.
   • 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]:

     Honour's train is longer than his foreskirt.

References

• “foreskirt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.