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Forelock
Definitions
- 1 The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
"His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:"
- 2 A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
- 3 a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears wordnet
- 4 The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
"[…] the gates themselves slowly parted, there appeared a large horse's head, with a plaited forelock under a decorated yoke, and slowly there rolled into the road a small cart, like those driven by horse-dealers, and higglers."
- 5 a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead wordnet
- 1 To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
"At one extremity each pair was firmly connected by a short, massive, iron link, of about two feet in length; and, at its opposite end, a large eye-bolt was driven into each stick, where it was securely forelocked."
Etymology
From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock.
From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.
From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.
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