foretop noun. ['fɔ:tɒp, Nautical -tǝp] ME.
[from FORE- + TOP noun¹.]
1. a. A lock of hair growing above or arranged on a person's forehead, a forelock; a similar part of a wig. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
b. A tuft of hair growing on or hanging over the forehead of an animal. Now chiefly US. E17.

2. (The front part of) the top of the head. LME-L18.

3. Nautical. The top of a foremast, the platform around the head of the lower foremast. L15.

4. The front seat on top of a horse-drawn vehicle. US. M19.

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