foretop
IPA: fɔrtɑp
noun
- (obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
- (obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
- (obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
- (obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
- (UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
- The forelock of a horse.
- (nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
- The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Examples of "foretop" in Sentences
- A man at the foretop saw a breach rise ahead of us.
- He later achieved the rank of Captain of the Foretop.
- In addition another one was mounted on top of the foretop.