The plural of 'fore'; the forward or front parts, or positions at the front of a ship.
From 'fore' (Old English, meaning forward) + the plural suffix '-s'. Naval term indicating multiple forward positions.
In ship terminology, 'fores' refers to the front sections—and sailors had entire vocabularies just for different parts of the front of a ship, showing how specialized language develops in technical professions.
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