Forelock

Quick meaning: Forelock is a noun meaning The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.

Meaning

The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.

More Meanings

1. The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
2. A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
3. To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)

Example Sentences

This little boy, still flicking his head to one side between sentences though the long blond forelock that once excused the tic had been cut […]

Warm with the blood of lads I know / Comes east the sighing air. / / It fanned their temples, filled their lungs, / Scattered their forelocks free;

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:

Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say.

Word Forms

• forelocks
• forelocking
• forelocked

Synonyms for forelock

Depending on context, synonyms include bangs, fringe, foretop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foretop, forehead, front, frontlet, forread, frizette.

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