Forehold

Quick meaning: Forehold is a noun meaning (nautical) The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.

Meaning

(nautical) The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, rare) To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.

Example Sentences

The salt provision rooms are on either side of the forehold amidships.

I knew there was no other bulkhead in the ship but the collision bulkhead separating the forepeak from the forehold.

At nine in the evening, the Rippon, which ſtill remained aground, ran her larboard guns over the ſtarboard ſide, ſtarted thirty tun of water in the forehold, to lighten her forward, and employed all her boats in endeavouring to tow off: […]

If a total retarding force of 5,000 tons (which at least would be required by a 30,000 ton ship) is required, the aggregate area of the brakes must be 10,000 sq. ft., to accommodate which would very naturally reduce the capacity of the forehold.

Word Forms

• foreholds
• foreholding
• foreheld
• foreholden

Synonyms for forehold

Depending on context, synonyms include foredeem, presage, prognosticate, anticipate, augur, bode.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foredeck, forebody, forepeak, forehatch, forestage, foreload.

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