I've heard "fore stock" too. To each his own. Your "fore arm" is probably older than "forend". I simply lacked the imagination to have known the meaning of the "A".
.
__________________
"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
|