headmost

adj

1. (not-comparable)Closest to the front of a group or pack

   “The headmost was a ship, and the other, a brig.”

   “The headmost hounds soon burst out of the coppice, followed by three or four riders with reckless haste, regardless of the broken and difficult nature of the ground. "”

   “We were now the headmost line of battle ship and gaining fast upon the enemy; but the main part of our fleet seemed rather to drop from them.”