foreganger

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foreganger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Foreganger \Fore"gang`er\, n. [Prop., a goer before cf. G.
     voreg[aum]nger. See Fore, and Gang.] (Naut.)
     A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may
     be attached. --Totten.
     [1913 Webster]