forestroke noun2 •A forward stroke or movement.The endopods of the second maxilla and of the trunk limbs flick medially at the termination of the forestroke and the posterior setae of the endopod are pointed medially. — 1963 •An ornament in which one or more notes are added before the principal note, such as an appoggiatura or acciaccaturaYes, and we call it a waving forestroke. It sometimes waves upward, sometimes downward. — 1882 formsforestrokes