foretopn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːtɒp/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌtɑp/

Forms: Also fortop.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + top n.¹ and adj.

†1. The fore part of the crown of the head; sometimes, loosely, the top of the head. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > top of head > [noun]

nolleOE

mouldOE

shodec1000

topa1225

patea1325

polla1325

hattrelc1330

skullc1380

foretop1382

pommelc1385

summita1425

sconce1567

vertex1634

cantle1822

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxiii. 20 As a lioun he restide, & he took arme and fortop [L. verticem].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 217 Heer faillede on his moolde and on his fortop.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 115 He felle and brake hys fore tope Apon the bare growend.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.v^v When the good ale sop Dothe daunce in theyr fore top.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal Pref. sig. A4^v The Abantes..were wont to shave their foretops and chins.

c1774 T. Erskine in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) III. 321 Puppies of France, with unrelenting paws That scrape the foretops of our aching heads.

1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 132 His hair..parted at the foretop.

figurative.1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 12 This charge..appeering with an apparent lie in the foretop.

†2.

a. The lock of hair which grows upon the fore part of the crown, or is arranged ornamentally on the forehead; the similar part of a wig. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun]

lockeOE

forelockc1000

hair-lockc1000

earlockOE

foretopc1290

tressc1290

lachterc1375

fuke1483

sidelock1530

proudfallc1540

widow's locka1543

folding1552

fore-bush1591

flake1592

witch knot1598

tuft1603

French lock1614

head-lock1642

witch-lock1682

rat's tail1706

side-curl1749

scalp knot1805

rat-tail1823

straggler1825

scalping-tuft1826

scalp-lock1827

aggravator1835

soap-lock1840

payess1845

stringleta1852

list1859

tresslet1882

drake's tail1938

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > parts of wig

browa1500

foretop1603

dildo1688

caul1693

neck-locka1764

knocker1818

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 317/625 Þe Rym-forst..cleouez on hegges..I-chot wel, on mi fore-top it hauez wel ofte i-do.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1078 His fax and his foretoppe was filterede to-geders.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H6 Hauing knit the brow, Stroke vp his fore-top.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. K4^v Poking stickes, perriwigs, embroided fore-tops.

1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 385 Her Majesty in the same habit, her fore-top long and turned aside very strangely.

1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel iv. i. 39 I believe you have got the Fore-top of some Beau's Wigg.

1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 331 Henry Prince of Wales in his own short Hair, with his foretop standing up.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 3 He was as keen a pair of scissars at trimming a sermon as adjusting a foretop.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 139 The foretop of his riding periwig.

figurative.1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D^v Faire trees, those comely fore-tops of the Field.

†b. figurative; esp. in phrase to take occasion by the foretop, to take opportunity by the foretop or to take time by the foretop (= forelock n.²). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > have the opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take the opportunity

to make hay while the sun shines1546

to take occasion by the foretopa1577

to stir one's timea1578

to fill one's boots1969

a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 255 You hauing occasion fast by the foretop, did dally with him so long.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iii. sig. I4 Opportunity shakes vs his foretop.

a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iii. iii. 70 Loose not this advantadge, but take tyme by the ffore' topp.

1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iii. i. 40 Now take the blest occasion by the foretop.

†c. One who wears a foretop; hence, a fop.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1237 This cringer, this foretopp.

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. v. i. 1435.

3. The tuft of hair hanging between the ears of an animal, esp. of a horse or (U.S.) a sheep; = forelock n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > crest or forelock

topa1225

cresta1387

toppingc1400

tuft1598

foretop1607

fore-topping1683

forelock1711

antiae1874

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > coat > mane or types of > forelock

foretop1607

fore-topping1683

toupet1797

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 283 A fore-top, which is graunted to horsses not onely for ornament sake, but also for necessitie to defend their eies.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2467. 4 A Nag..with a thin Mane, without a Foretop.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Travelling Horse, His Foretop, Mane and Tail should be wetted with a wet Mane-Comb.

1798 R. Bloomfield Summer in Farmer's Boy 236 He..Seizes the shaggy fore-top of the bull.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 264 (note) Wool..the tail..and the fore-top.

1865 10th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. ii. 149 They all had the large foretop on the forehead.

1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 416 When young they should have good foretop, and the skin a light pink.

a. The top n.¹ and adj. of a foremast. military foretop n. an armed foretop of a war vessel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > platform on specific masts

maintop1485

mizzen-top1497

foretop1509

topgallant1514

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > embattled platform on warship

top-castle13..

merlon1790

military top1887

military foretop1895

fighting-top1896

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxi^v His place is best Hye in the fore top of our foolysshe barge.

1610 W. Baldwin et al. in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. 777 Each..nimblie capring on the purple waue, With loftie foretops did the welkin brave.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 453 Three men were in the Fore-top when the Fore-mast broke.

1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 8 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 51 The Alcide..took fire, by a box of combustibles in her fore-top.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 65 ‘Captain of the foretop,’ said he, ‘up on your horses.’

1895 Cent. Mag. Aug. 595/1 The sub~lieutenant in the military foretop was taking sextant angles.

figurative.1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 59 Spanioliz'd Bishops swaggering in the fore-top of the State.

b. Short for fore-topgallant-mast n. at fore-topgallant adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topgallant mast > fore-topgallant-mast > top of

foretop1800

fore-topgallant-masthead1844

1800 Naval Chron. 3 113 Commodore J. W. Payne's Broad Pendant is flying at the Foretop.

5. U.S. The front seat on the top of a vehicle.

ΚΠ

1850 B. Taylor Eldorado II. xx. 184 When one has to face the cold from the foretop of a diligence.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 106 It was worth a lifetime of city toiling..to perch in the foretop with the driver.

Compounds

(In sense 4.)

foretop-head n. = fore-topmast-head at fore-topmast n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topmast > fore-topmast > top of

foretop-head1710

1710 London Gaz. No. 4752/3 Sir Edward Whitaker hoisted the White Flag on the Foretop-head of her Majesty's Ship the Monmouth.

foretopman n. one of the men stationed in the foretop.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with duties in other specific areas

lady1711

topman1748

bowsman1776

forecastle-man1804

waister1815

foretopman1816

larboarder1846

bosman1876

upper yardman1886

sternman1894

afterguard1912

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 7 Those fore-top-men I shall flog.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ci. 3 There is a young man, a fore-topman, sitting now with his Esquimaux wife.

foretop-shroud n. = fore-topmast-shroud.

Derivatives

ˈfore-ˌtopping n. = sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > crest or forelock

topa1225

cresta1387

toppingc1400

tuft1598

foretop1607

fore-topping1683

forelock1711

antiae1874

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > coat > mane or types of > forelock

foretop1607

fore-topping1683

toupet1797

1683 London Gaz. No. 1807/4 A black Gelding..a sore place under the Fore-topping.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foretop
释义	foretopn. Brit. /ˈfɔːtɒp/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌtɑp/ Forms: Also fortop. Etymology: < fore- prefix + top n.¹ and adj. †1. The fore part of the crown of the head; sometimes, loosely, the top of the head. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > top of head > [noun] nolleOE mouldOE shodec1000 topa1225 patea1325 polla1325 hattrelc1330 skullc1380 foretop1382 pommelc1385 summita1425 sconce1567 vertex1634 cantle1822 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxiii. 20 As a lioun he restide, & he took arme and fortop [L. verticem]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 217 Heer faillede on his moolde and on his fortop. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 115 He felle and brake hys fore tope Apon the bare growend. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.v^v When the good ale sop Dothe daunce in theyr fore top. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal Pref. sig. A4^v The Abantes..were wont to shave their foretops and chins. c1774 T. Erskine in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) III. 321 Puppies of France, with unrelenting paws That scrape the foretops of our aching heads. 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 132 His hair..parted at the foretop. figurative.1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 12 This charge..appeering with an apparent lie in the foretop. †2. a. The lock of hair which grows upon the fore part of the crown, or is arranged ornamentally on the forehead; the similar part of a wig. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun] lockeOE forelockc1000 hair-lockc1000 earlockOE foretopc1290 tressc1290 lachterc1375 fuke1483 sidelock1530 proudfallc1540 widow's locka1543 folding1552 fore-bush1591 flake1592 witch knot1598 tuft1603 French lock1614 head-lock1642 witch-lock1682 rat's tail1706 side-curl1749 scalp knot1805 rat-tail1823 straggler1825 scalping-tuft1826 scalp-lock1827 aggravator1835 soap-lock1840 payess1845 stringleta1852 list1859 tresslet1882 drake's tail1938 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > parts of wig browa1500 foretop1603 dildo1688 caul1693 neck-locka1764 knocker1818 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 317/625 Þe Rym-forst..cleouez on hegges..I-chot wel, on mi fore-top it hauez wel ofte i-do. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1078 His fax and his foretoppe was filterede to-geders. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H6 Hauing knit the brow, Stroke vp his fore-top. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. K4^v Poking stickes, perriwigs, embroided fore-tops. 1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 385 Her Majesty in the same habit, her fore-top long and turned aside very strangely. 1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel iv. i. 39 I believe you have got the Fore-top of some Beau's Wigg. 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 331 Henry Prince of Wales in his own short Hair, with his foretop standing up. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 3 He was as keen a pair of scissars at trimming a sermon as adjusting a foretop. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 139 The foretop of his riding periwig. View more context for this quotation figurative.1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D^v Faire trees, those comely fore-tops of the Field. †b. figurative; esp. in phrase to take occasion by the foretop, to take opportunity by the foretop or to take time by the foretop (= forelock n.²). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > have the opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take the opportunity to make hay while the sun shines1546 to take occasion by the foretopa1577 to stir one's timea1578 to fill one's boots1969 a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 255 You hauing occasion fast by the foretop, did dally with him so long. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iii. sig. I4 Opportunity shakes vs his foretop. a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) iii. iii. 70 Loose not this advantadge, but take tyme by the ffore' topp. 1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iii. i. 40 Now take the blest occasion by the foretop. †c. One who wears a foretop; hence, a fop. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1237 This cringer, this foretopp. 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. v. i. 1435. 3. The tuft of hair hanging between the ears of an animal, esp. of a horse or (U.S.) a sheep; = forelock n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > crest or forelock topa1225 cresta1387 toppingc1400 tuft1598 foretop1607 fore-topping1683 forelock1711 antiae1874 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > coat > mane or types of > forelock foretop1607 fore-topping1683 toupet1797 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 283 A fore-top, which is graunted to horsses not onely for ornament sake, but also for necessitie to defend their eies. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2467. 4 A Nag..with a thin Mane, without a Foretop. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Travelling Horse, His Foretop, Mane and Tail should be wetted with a wet Mane-Comb. 1798 R. Bloomfield Summer in Farmer's Boy 236 He..Seizes the shaggy fore-top of the bull. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 264 (note) Wool..the tail..and the fore-top. 1865 10th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. ii. 149 They all had the large foretop on the forehead. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 416 When young they should have good foretop, and the skin a light pink. 4. a. The top n.¹ and adj. of a foremast. military foretop n. an armed foretop of a war vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > platform on specific masts maintop1485 mizzen-top1497 foretop1509 topgallant1514 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > embattled platform on warship top-castle13.. merlon1790 military top1887 military foretop1895 fighting-top1896 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxi^v His place is best Hye in the fore top of our foolysshe barge. 1610 W. Baldwin et al. in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. 777 Each..nimblie capring on the purple waue, With loftie foretops did the welkin brave. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 453 Three men were in the Fore-top when the Fore-mast broke. 1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 8 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 51 The Alcide..took fire, by a box of combustibles in her fore-top. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 65 ‘Captain of the foretop,’ said he, ‘up on your horses.’ 1895 Cent. Mag. Aug. 595/1 The sub~lieutenant in the military foretop was taking sextant angles. figurative.1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 59 Spanioliz'd Bishops swaggering in the fore-top of the State. b. Short for fore-topgallant-mast n. at fore-topgallant adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topgallant mast > fore-topgallant-mast > top of foretop1800 fore-topgallant-masthead1844 1800 Naval Chron. 3 113 Commodore J. W. Payne's Broad Pendant is flying at the Foretop. 5. U.S. The front seat on the top of a vehicle. ΚΠ 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado II. xx. 184 When one has to face the cold from the foretop of a diligence. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 106 It was worth a lifetime of city toiling..to perch in the foretop with the driver. Compounds (In sense 4.) foretop-head n. = fore-topmast-head at fore-topmast n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topmast > fore-topmast > top of foretop-head1710 1710 London Gaz. No. 4752/3 Sir Edward Whitaker hoisted the White Flag on the Foretop-head of her Majesty's Ship the Monmouth. foretopman n. one of the men stationed in the foretop. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with duties in other specific areas lady1711 topman1748 bowsman1776 forecastle-man1804 waister1815 foretopman1816 larboarder1846 bosman1876 upper yardman1886 sternman1894 afterguard1912 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 7 Those fore-top-men I shall flog. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ci. 3 There is a young man, a fore-topman, sitting now with his Esquimaux wife. foretop-shroud n. = fore-topmast-shroud. Derivatives ˈfore-ˌtopping n. = sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > crest or forelock topa1225 cresta1387 toppingc1400 tuft1598 foretop1607 fore-topping1683 forelock1711 antiae1874 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > coat > mane or types of > forelock foretop1607 fore-topping1683 toupet1797 1683 London Gaz. No. 1807/4 A black Gelding..a sore place under the Fore-topping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1290
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