[f. FORE- pref. + Plane sb.] (See quot. 1842.)
1703. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 65. It is called the Fore Plane because it is used before you come to work either with the Smooth Plane, or with the Joynter.
1842. Gwilt, Encycl. Archit., Gloss., Fore Plane in carpentry and joinery the first plane used after the saw or axe.
1847. Emerson, Repr. Men, Uses Gt. Men, Wks. (Bohn), I. 278. Every carpenter who shaves with a fore-plane borrows the genius of a forgotten inventor.
