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Definition of Foretops
1. foretop [n] - See also: foretop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foretops
Literary usage of Foretops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"Mr. Gibney sprang at the foretops'l halyards and let them go, and the foretops'l
came down by the run. "Hard a-starboard! ..."
2. Productive Horse Husbandry by Carl Warren Gay (1914)
"Tn compliance with the dictates of fashion heavy harness and walk-trot-canter
saddle horses are docked, their manes pulled, but foretops left. ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"... even to keep clear of mischief with our best help ; and accordingly the foretops
of all his wigs were burned by the candle down to the very network. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"... foretops, Lockes and great Ruffes now in use among men and women, lately taken
at Crowley, in the Countie of Lincolne, 1586. ..."
5. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"Their most remarkable peculiarity was the large knot of hair, thus celebrated in
a satirical song : Each tries the other to outvie, With foretops mounting ..."
6. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1846)
"... showing their power on their heads, because of the holy angels, turned into
powdered foretops.and top-gallants attire, not becoming the Christian, ..."
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