foretop

From Middle English, equivalent to fore- +‎ top.

foretop (plural foretops)

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.
5. (Britain dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
6. The forelock of a horse.
7. (nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
8. The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.

• foretopman
• foretopmast

• “foretop” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

• poofter