foretop
nounEtymology From Middle English fore-top, for-top, equivalent to fore- + top.
8 senses
- 1The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
- 2The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the…
- 3In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity)…
- 4A fop; one who sports a foretop.
- 5An erect tuft of hair.
- 6The forelock of a horse.
- 7A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the…
- 8The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
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.
6
The forelock of a horse.
- 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.1903, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Lord Jim:
8
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
- Derived terms
- foretopman, foretopmast