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Definitions

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  • verb transitive To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
  • verb transitive, dialectal To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
  • verb To propose, suggest
  • noun An obstacle; hinderance.
  • noun That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
  • noun geology The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.
  • adjective Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

Etymologies

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From Middle English foresetten, from Old English foresettan ("to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede"), equivalent to fore- +‎ set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten ("to put in front"), German vorsetzen ("to put in front, offer, serve up"), Swedish föresätta ("to put before").

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Examples

  • In front and beneath the foreset beds are the bottomset beds.

    Fluvial landforms 2008

  • On top of the foreset beds are the nearly horizontal topset beds.

    Fluvial landforms 2008

  • Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset, topset and bottomset beds.

    Fluvial landforms 2008

  • We did find some outstanding examples of topset and foreset beds.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Andrew 2005

  • We did find some outstanding examples of topset and foreset beds.

    Desert... in Vermont... Andrew 2005

  • "He's backset and foreset," she said in a low tone.

    The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

  • With Concha he was as simple, as direct, and as unsophisticated as the old priest himself, and now took his leave without attempting to disguise the fact that he had accomplished a foreset purpose.

    In Kedar's Tents Henry Seton Merriman 1882

  • Seitaad was likely buried post-mortem in the base of a collapsed dune foreset.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • The sedimentary package preserving UMNH VP 18040 is petrologically identical to laterally equivalent sandstones, but lacks both small and large scale indicators of eolian deposition including foreset cross-bedding.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

  • Seitaad was likely buried post-mortem in the base of a collapsed dune foreset.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

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  • AnWulf commented on the word foreset

    From Middle English foresetten, from Old English foresettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- +‎ set.

    Verb

    foreset (present participle foresetting, simple past and past participle foreset)

    *To set before or in front of ... thus to propose, suggest

    *To ordain; assign; allot in advance.

    Derived Terms: foresetting

    Noun

    foreset (plural foresets)

    *That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.

    *(geology) The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.

    Derived Terms: (geology) foreset bed

    Adjective

    foreset (comparative more foreset, superlative most foreset)

    Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

    November 21, 2011