Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. nautical, aeronautics A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
Etymologies
- fore- + plane (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This invention relates to an improvement in that class of planes which are commonly termed "bench-planes," comprising the foreplane, smoothing plane, jack plane, jointer, &c.”
“Every carpenter who shaves with a foreplane borrows the genius of a forgotten inventor.”
“The carpenter dresses his plankthe tongue of his foreplane whistles its wild ascending lisp;”
“The foreplane of trees, with branches which interlaced at the top, made, with the addition of a stone wall below, an encasement for the picture proper, which lay beyond.”
“Christ occupies one side of the canvas, the disciples following along the foreplane toward him.”
“A fault in construction is frequently seen in the lack of simplicity of foreplane and background.”
“Behold the slain messengers shaken into less recumbent and more tragic attitudes, arranged along the foreplane of the picture; let all the leading lines be reversed; make them antagonistic to the principles upon which the picture was constructed.”
“Instead of a multiplicity of lines crossing the foreplane, the barest suggestion suffices to designate plowed ground, the absence of detail allowing greater force to the distant groups.”
“Whether the pyramid is in perspective or one described on the foreplane of”
“The carpenter dresses his plank, the tongue of his foreplane whistles its wild ascending lisp,”
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