forelock
IPA: fˈɔrɫɑk
noun
- The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
- The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
- A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
verb
- To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
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Examples of "forelock" in Sentences
- You're tugging your forelock a bit too much.
- For him who meets me to take me by the forelock.
- Bunny moms had cottony tails and silky forelocks.
- Perhaps a forelock tugging tenant or a genealogist.
- The forelock should also be cleaned with water alone.
- The mane and forelock are lustrous, fine and abundant.
- That's very kind of you sir, tugs forelock and doffs cap.
- He was proud to tug his forelock to a Crawshay or a Guest.
- Henery is a tiny, brown chicken hawk with a forelock of feathers.
- The forelock is sometimes left unbraided, especially in the case of stallions.