Forebodies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The forward part of a ship or aircraft before the main structure; the front section or prow of a vessel; a term for the foremost portion of a vehicle's body
2. The leading segment of a marine or aerial vehicle located ahead of the main body; the front extremity of a ship; the foremost part of an airplane or boat's external framework
3. The anterior portion of a craft extending before the main hull or fuselage; the frontmost area of a ship's structure; the forward section on boats or aircraft where the body begins

Etymology: "Forebodies" is the plural of "forebody," a noun for the forward section of a ship, aircraft or vehicle. It is the plural form of "forebody," so the story belongs to that base word, which combines "fore," meaning the front or forward part, with "body," the main structure of a thing. The base word came into English from Middle English, where it appeared as "forebodi" or "forbody," a plain compound built from two ordinary English words. Its history is therefore straightforward: nothing was borrowed from a foreign language or coined by a notable person, and the word simply describes the part of a vessel that sits before the main hull.