FORELOCKED

Verb

forelocked

simple past tense and past participle of forelock

Adjective

forelocked (not comparable)

Having a forelock (lock of hair covering the forehead).

Source: Wiktionary

FORELOCK

Fore"lock`, n.

1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

2. (Mech.)

Definition: A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot.

– Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight.

– To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition