foremath

Noun

1. A first mowing; that which is gleaned from a first or prior mowing.
   • […] the accidents of itinerary — everything that can be overheard or spied out: everything (in a phrase he used in one of his poems) between the foremath and the aftermath, the early growth and the after growth of the...
2. Something preceding or producing a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
   • The aftermath of glory and the foremath of peace would not blend. - 1920, Rupert Hughs, What's the World Coming To?, Digitized edition, Harper & Brothers, published 2006, page 104:
   • I shall ask you to view these remarks in the of "foremath" note rather than a preface or introduction, which imply a knowledge of what follows. I am using the word "foremath" to suggest what precedes without the...
   • After delaying the decision for three years, the President eventually endorsed the concept in the foremath of the 1984 Presidential election, ... - 1995, William T. Golden, Science and Technology Advice to the...