frontways

adv

Etymology: From front + -ways.

1. towards the front; forward

   “But, because the naval as well as the land army consisted of four legions, and accordingly the ships made four divisions, two of these are yet behind; of which the third fleet, or third legion, was drawn up frontways in the rear of the first and second, and so, stretching along from point to point, composed a triangle, whereof the third line was the base.”

   “Upper grip; jump to side support frontways; swing left leg forward over bar outside of left hand; fall back to outer knee-hand hang and with the next swing execute an outer knee swing-up forward; return left leg to side support frontways[…]”