avant-pied, n.m., (—-—s) vamp, upper-leather of a boot.

avant-plancher, n.m., (—-—s) false-ceiling.

avant-poignet, n.m., (—-—s) fore-wrist.

avant-port, n.m., (—-—s) (nav.) outer harbor, tide-dock.

avant-portail, n.m., (—-—s) fore-portal.

avant-poste, n.m., (—-—s) (milit.) out-post.

avant-propos, n.m., () preface, preamble; introduction, exordium.

avant-quart, n.m., (—-—s) (horl.) warning-bell.

avant-scène, n.f., (—-—s) front of the stage; proscenium, stage-box.

avant-toit, n.m., (—-—s) fore-roof, projecting roof, eaves.