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fore·lock ¹  (fôrlk, fr-)

n.

A lock of hair that grows from or falls on the forehead, especially the part of a horse's mane that falls forward between the ears.

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forelock

Noun

a lock of hair growing or falling over the forehead

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forelock - a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead lock, ringlet, whorl, curl - a strand or cluster of hair quiff - a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
	2.	forelock - a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears foretop encolure - the mane of a horse hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"