forepart

noun

Etymology: From Middle English foreparte, forparte, forpart, equivalent to fore- + part. Compare foreparty.

1. The front or anterior part of something.

   “The wing being suppos'd placed in the upmost limit, seems to be put so that the plain of it lies almost horizontal, but onely the forepart does dip a little, or is somewhat more deprest […].”

   “I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the forepart of the steamboat, just below my head.”