foretop

[fawr-top, fohr-; for 1 also Nautical fawr-tuh p, fohr-]

noun

a platform at the head of a fore lower mast of a ship.
the forelock of an animal, especially a horse.

Origin of foretop

First recorded in 1250–1300, foretop is from the Middle English word fortop. See fore-, top¹

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Historical Examples of foretop

Take her from foretop to fetlocks, she's as lovely as a diamond flush.
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis
There were nine or ten men in the foretop, all lashed and huddled together.
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
Thomas Stanley Treanor
We could not see the splash from the bridge, nor could they in the foretop.
The U-boat hunters
James B. Connolly
“On our starboard beam, sir,” sang out Masters from the foretop.
The Ghost Ship
John C. Hutcheson
Whenever I have a mind for a filbert, I have only to shake my foretop.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems
Walter Savage Landor

British Dictionary definitions for foretop

foretop

noun

nautical a platform at the top of the foremast

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