Noun
The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
Usage- Obsolete
The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
Usage- Obsolete
In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
Usage- Obsolete
A fop; one who sports a foretop.
Usage- Obsolete
An erect tuft of hair.
Usage- UK usage
- dialectal
The forelock of a horse.
A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
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His station was in the fore-top, and often from there he looked down, with the contempt of a man destined to shine in the midst of dangers, at the peaceful multitude of roofs cut in two by the brown tide of the stream, while scattered on the outskirts of the surrounding plain the factory chimneys rose perpendicular against a grimy sky, each slender like a pencil, and belching out smoke like a volcano.
The second captain of the foretop outed himself in one muscular contraction.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
Noun
a platform at the head of a foremast
- Broader terms
a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
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