n. loose and pendulous part in front of acoat 上装的前襟（前下摆）。 △H.VIII.2.3.97: “honour’strain / Is longer than his foreskirt.”i. e. more re-wards and honours will follow like the train of an e-laborate dress becoming longer with increasing rank.尊荣后边拖的下摆总比它的前襟要长得多。