forewatchEtymologyFrom fore- + watch (verb).verbTo look out for; watch over“Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!”nounA foreward positioned guard or sentry; vanguard“The forewatch on the Trident called out, "Ho! Pharos ahead!" Straining his eyes, Pilate could see only a tiny blemish of luminous orange on the southeastern horizon.”An early watch“Jason takes the forewatches — 6 to noon, 6 to midnight — and Jimmy takes the afterwatches.”