foreset

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
2. verb To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
3. verb To propose, suggest.
4. noun An obstacle; hindrance.
5. noun That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
6. noun The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.

   Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset, topset and bottomset beds. — Fluvial Landforms

7. adjective Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

Similar words

bedding laminae prepose foreposition object prevent prefix head oppose set forward

Often followed by

beds laminae slope bedding bed and dip slopes strata dips