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foreleg

foreleg

English

Alternative forms

fore leg (dated)

Noun

foreleg ‎(plural forelegs)

Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal, a piece of furniture, etc.
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg […]

Translations

either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 前腳 (zh), 前脚 (zh) ‎(qiánjiǎo), 前腿 (zh) ‎(qiántuǐ), 前肢 (zh) ‎(qiánzhī)
Finnish: etujalka
French: patte de devant f, patte avant f
German: Vorderlauf m, Vorderbein n
Hungarian: mellső láb
Japanese: 前肢 ‎(ぜんし, zenshi), 前脚 ‎(まえあし, maeashi, ぜんきゃく, zenkyaku)

Korean: 앞다리 (ko) ‎(ap-dari)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: forbein n

Nynorsk: forbein n, frambein n
Russian: пере́дняя нога́ f ‎(perédnjaja nogá), пере́дняя ла́па f ‎(perédnjaja lápa) (fore paw)
Swedish: framben n
Telugu: ముంగాలు (te) ‎(muṃgālu)
Tok Pisin: han (tpi)

See also

hind leg