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forelocking

forelocking is the present participle and gerund of forelock.

Meaning of forelock

Verb

forelock (third-person singular simple present forelocks, present participle forelocking, simple past and past participle forelocked)

  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.1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Monikins

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Questions about forelocking

What is forelocking the present participle and gerund of?
Forelocking is the present participle and gerund of forelock.

Words near forelocking in the dictionary

  1. foreloaded
  2. foreloading
  3. foreloads
  4. forelock
  5. forelocked
  6. forelocking
  7. forelocks
  8. forelook
  9. forelooked
  10. forelooking
  11. forelooks

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