forebooth
forebooth noun: a booth positioned near the front; foreshop.
Noun
forebooth (plural forebooths)
- A booth positioned near the front; foreshop
- The instrument concludes with the statement that these things were 'done in the forebooth of the tenement or lodging ….'1895, The Scottish Antiquary: Or, Northern Notes & Queries
- This might be rebuilt with permission, or on payment of a fine (set down in borough archives), as a permanent shop or forebooth perhaps, with an unglazed window to the street.2003, David Iredale, Discovering Local History
Examples of forebooth in a sentence
- Helen Dunbar had the liferent of this booth (described as a forebooth with a foreshop adjacent) and died about 1605.2004, Ayr and its People
- He also had the forebooth on the south side and the pentice below the outside stairs.2011, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Face Down o'er the Border:
Forms of forebooth
| plural | forebooths |
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Origin of forebooth
From fore- + booth. Compare Scots forebuith.
Questions about forebooth
- What does forebooth mean?
- Forebooth means a booth positioned near the front; foreshop.
- How do you use forebooth in a sentence?
- Helen Dunbar had the liferent of this booth (described as a forebooth with a foreshop adjacent) and died about 1605.
- What part of speech is forebooth?
- Forebooth is a noun.
- What is the plural of forebooth?
- The plural of forebooth is forebooths.
Words near forebooth in the dictionary
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