foretop
noun
foretop is a noun meaning “An erect tuft of hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-T-O-P, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of foretop is foretops.
What does foretop mean?
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe top of the head; the top of the forehead.
- 2
obsoleteThe lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
- 3
obsoleteIn the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
- 4
obsoleteA fop; one who sports a foretop.
- 5
UKAn erect tuft of hair.
- 6
The forelock of a horse.
- 7
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foretop
- foretops plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foretop?
Foretop appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foretop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense nautical: platform at the top of the foremast:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foretop come from?
From Middle English fore-top, for-top, equivalent to fore- + top.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).