fore-loup, verb intransitive

Forms:
Also fore-loop, forelope.
Origin:
Calque formed on Afrikaans voorloop.
obs.
voorloop verb.
1881 P. Gillmore Land of Boer 134Umganey, divested of every particle of clothing, foreloping.
1881 P. Gillmore Land of Boer 388Next day Umganey and I trecked and foreloped.
1882 J. Nixon Among Boers 193Swartboy..sang for glee as he ‘forelooped.’
1889 Catholic Hsehold 30 Nov. 7Fr. Le Bihan..‘fore-louping’ because one of their boys had cut his foot.
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