forebeam noun4 •The breast beam of a loom.{Just like the cloth that goes} from this side {of the loom, from the yarn-beam}, to that side over there {to the forebeam}, winding on there, and winding off here. — 2007 •A horizontal spar across the bow of some sailing vessels, used to stabilize the hulls of a catamaran, to secure a bowsprit, or to tie down the tack when there is no bowsprit.And herein also her forebeam to which her bowsprit was fastened, cracked clean insunder; and some of her timbers likeways in the hold we found defective. — 1634 •The support section of a robot arm that goes from the main body of the robot to the gripper.The joints in the kinematic chain of a robot between the forebeam and end-effector are referred to as the wrist. — 2010 •The leading portion of a remote signal from a moving source.The upwind forebeam data, for F9L1R19 (flight 9, line 1 and run 19), F2L1R1 and F3L1R1, the corresponding surface wind velocities are 6 knots, 22.5 knots, and 33 knots respectively, were processed. — 1972 formsforebeams
