forelocked
forelocked is the simple past and past participle of forelock.
Meaning of forelock
Verb
forelock (third-person singular simple present forelocks, present participle forelocking, simple past and past participle forelocked)
- 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.1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Monikins
Adjective
forelocked (not comparable)
- Having a forelock (lock of hair covering the forehead).
- I see the chariot, where, / Throughout the purple air, / The forelock'd monarch rides: / Arm'd like some antique vehicle for war, / Time, Hoary Time! I see thy scythed car, / In voiceless majesty,1827, Alfred Tennyson, “Time: An Ode”, in Poems by Two Brothers, London: Macmillan, published 1893, page 114
- I have a $5 bill in my pocket — it's Lincoln's sour black head moled wrinkled, forelocked too, big eared, flags of announcements flying over the bill […]1963, Allen Ginsberg, “American Change”, in Reality Sandwiches, San Francisco: City Lights, page 68
Questions about forelocked
- What does forelocked mean?
- Forelocked means having a forelock (lock of hair covering the forehead).
- What is forelocked the simple past and past participle of?
- Forelocked is the simple past and past participle of forelock.
- What part of speech is forelocked?
- Forelocked is an adjective.
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