v. t. See Forlend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As if that life to losse they had forelent. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]