foretop
a platform at the head of a fore lower mast of a ship.
the forelock of an animal, especially a horse.
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How to use foretop in a sentence
McCune, from the supposed security of the foretop-gallant yard, had cursed him for a black-hearted bucko.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandRalph, who was assisting to reeve a new block at the foretop, saw that the fog was almost at hand.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry BrownThere had been a few men in the foretop when the action had commenced.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 | James BarnesAmong those who sprang aloft when the hands were turned up was Harry Lethbridge, whose station was the foretop.
The Ferryman of Brill | William H. G. KingstonEverywhere was the stir of jubilant life,—everywhere but under the tattered awning stretched in the foretop of the "Mouette."
Summer Cruising in the South Seas | Charles Warren Stoddard
British Dictionary definitions for foretop
/ (ˈfɔːˌtɒp, nautical ˈfɔːtəp) /
nautical a platform at the top of the foremast
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