forelockEtymologyFrom Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock.forelock means The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.nounThe 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:”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.”A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.verbTo 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.”