foretop

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, equivalent to fore- +‎ top.

Noun

foretop (plural foretops)

1. (obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
2. (obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
3. (obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
4. (obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
5. (UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
6. The forelock of a horse.
7. (nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
8. The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.

Derived terms

• foretopman
• foretopmast

Translations

erect tuft of hair

• Finnish: hiustöyhtö
• Italian: ciocca (it) f, ciuffo (it) m
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• Japanese: アホ毛 (ahoge)

forelock of a horse — see forelock

nautical: platform at the top of the foremast

• Finnish: keulamärssy
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front seat

• Finnish: kuskinpukki
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References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “foretop”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• poofter