"forescreen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forescreens [plural]
Etymology: fore- + screen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|screen}} fore- + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} forescreen (plural forescreens)
  1. A screen placed in front of something.
    Sense id: en-forescreen-en-noun-U6r9xCVH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos",
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