1. either of the front legs of a four-legged animal

Examples

• The horse lifted its foreleg to be examined by the veterinarian.
• The dog injured its right foreleg while running in the park.
• The cat stretched out both forelegs as it woke from its nap.
• The lamb struggled to stand on its weak forelegs.
• The elephant used its trunk to scratch an itch on its foreleg.
• The deer’s foreleg was caught in the fence wire.