English Dictionary

foretop

名詞

廃用 イギリス英語 方言

(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead. / (obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.

日本語の意味

頭部の上部、特に額の最上部（旧語） / おでこの上に生える毛束、またはウィッグの同部位（旧語）

She placed her hand on his foretop to check for a fever.

彼女は熱を確認するために、彼の頭頂部に手を置いた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.

意味（2）

(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.

意味（3）

(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".

意味（4）

(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.

意味（5）

(UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.

意味（6）

The forelock of a horse.

意味（7）

(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.

His station was in the fore-top, and often from there he looked down, with the contempt of a man destined to shine in the midst of dangers, at the peaceful multitude of roofs cut in two by the brown tide of the stream, while scattered on the outskirts of the surrounding plain the factory chimneys rose perpendicular against a grimy sky, each slender like a pencil, and belching out smoke like a volcano.

意味（8）

The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.

foretops （ plural ）