"fore-strength" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From fore- + strength. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|strength}} fore- + strength Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fore-strength (uncountable)
  1. That which leads to or engenders strength. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fore-strength-en-noun-IHcm9zaj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

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          "ref": "1911, Caroline Dale Parke Snedeker, The Coward of Thermopylæ",
          "text": "Saying \"Thermopylae\" he thought \"Leonidas.\" \"Ay, of course; who knows not that?\" The man was puzzled at Aristodemos's sudden wrath. \"They gave their lives — those men — every one of them. They were the fore-strength of Salamis.",
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          "ref": "1929, MacKnight Black, Machinery",
          "text": "Somewhere within my blood Is the fore-strength of peace",
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