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Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FORETOP
FORETOP
Definitions of FORETOP
- The forelock of a horse.
- The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
- (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.
- (UKdialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
- (nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using FORETOP in a Sentence
- On 22/23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, Sergeant Finch was second in command of the pom-poms and Lewis gun in the foretop of HMS Vindictive.
- After an hour of fighting Neptuno lost her fore topmast, the foretop, foreyard and foreshrouds, followed by her main topmast and the main stay.
- Jekyll was forced to order most of the forward gunports closed in consequence, but fire from Rippon was able to knock away the foreyard and foretop mast on Achille.
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