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forend
n. Part of a rifle, underneath the barrel, where it is supported by the hand.
Usage examples of "forend".
They drove up to Dave's Gun Shop in Milan, where George bought a handsome Marlin 120 shotgun with a twenty-six-inch barrel and a genuine American walnut stock and forend, all hand-checkered, because George didn't want to wind things up in a sleazy way.