Foretop

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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