[まえふり, maefuri] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 前置き) preface; introduction; (2) lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; (3) (See 前振込み) payment in advance (by bank transfer)
(n) United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926), Syn. John M. Browning, John Moses Browning