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foretop

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about foretop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A platform at the head of a foremast.
  2. A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears.

Origin

From Middle English fore-top, for-top, equivalent to fore- + top.

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