adverb
- in front; ahead; forward
Usage: archaic or dialectal
preposition
- in front of; before
Usage: archaic or dialectal
Examples
- The scout rode foreby to scout the path ahead.
- He stood foreby the gate, waiting for the others.
- The ship sailed foreby the rocky coast.
- Foreby the house lay a small garden.
- They marched foreby in formation.