foretop

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fore=top

CIDE DICTIONARY

foretop, n. 

•  The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.  [1913 Webster]
•  That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.  [1913 Webster]
•  The platform at the head of the foremast.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

foretop, n. Naut. a platform at the top of a foremast (see TOP(1) n.
9).

Idiom

foretop-gallant mast the mast above the fore-topmast. foretop-gallant-sail the sail above the fore-topsail.