What is "frontways"

Usage examples of "frontways".

He goes at this door frontways and the next thing he knows there he is stuck right in the middle of the doorway and then he becomes conscious of great discomfort to the southward as it seems that Mrs.

You go frontways a way, covering the rear half, then you are cut off from further progress frontwise by a cross wall which separates the front of that floor from the rear well, a flight of 7 descending steps, commencing off this barrier a short distance, carries you down, by half a dozen feet or so, to where a short landing of a few feet brings you to the base of equal ascending stairs, 7 in number, and which bring you right back up again to the front side of that cut-off wall.

A-cup nothing and look at himself in the mirror sideways, frontways, backwards, then tear it off and leave the stretched, dead little animal print on the bed for me to find.

He put His two thumbs side by side, frontways, and cupped his hands together.

Judy figured that out, she squeaked and wiggled around so the part of the gown that actually covered her was frontways to us.

Buttons and shoelaces and getting things on frontways gave Adam trouble.

Winders--one end planted between his hob-nailed boots, and his hands resting on or grasping the other end--and his frilled chin on the uppermost hand--he formed an eloquent triangle of life, that only needed the last life blow to knock sideways, backways, frontways, or anyways, and have it over.

I did a kind of dance on my knees, jerking sideways, frontways, slamming into the snake cage.

I was fixed to the frame, but frontways on, and it had been set against the wall.

Both men stood six feet and seven inches tall and could not walk frontways through the door of the Whale Fishery without touching the posts on either side.