forelocks

Noun (1)

forelock (plural forelocks)

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:1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

   Synonyms:

   bangs, fringe

2. 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.1898, Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett, A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories, New York: Macmillan, page 146

   Synonyms:

   foretop

Noun (2)

forelock (plural forelocks)

1. A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.

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