Afore
Afore ({not transcribed}) , adverb
[Old English afore, aforn, Anglo-Saxon onforan or atforan; pref. a- + fore.]
1.
Before. [Obsolete]
If he have never drunk wine afore.
2.
(Nautical) In the fore part of a vessel.
Afore , preposition
1.
Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]
2.
(Nautical) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
Collocations (1)
Afore the mast , among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.