foreload

A load placed on the front or forward part of anything.

Noun

  1. A load placed on the front or forward part of anything.
  2. The weight that acts on muscle once it begins to contract; increased end-diastolic volume.

Origin

From fore- + load.

Forms

foreloads

Related

afterload

Verb

  1. To load beforehand or in advance.
    • Manure is not a problem at The Gables, for a local farmer comes weekly, foreloads it by tractor into a trailer and takes it away. - 1961, Poultry Farmer:

Forms

foreloads foreloading foreloaded