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foretop definition

fore·top (-täp′; also, for 1 naut., -təp)

noun

  1. a platform at the top of a ship's foremast
  2. a horse's (or, formerly, a person's) forelock

Etymology: ME: see fore- & top

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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