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forehouse

forehouse noun: the front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.

Noun

forehouse (plural forehouses)

  1. The front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.
    • Had she been in the fore-house, and no passage to go through to get at the street door, she had certainly been gone.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCLXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
    • It consisted of a forehouse where he had a table, four chairs, a longsettle, a dresser, his pewter and 'other necessarys' which probably included the hearth furniture and cooking utensils; a parlour with chairs, a coffer and a spinning wheel; [...]1978, Raymond Fieldhouse, Bernard Jennings, A history of Richmond and Swaledale - Page 247

Examples of forehouse in a sentence

  • Central-lobby-entry houses overcame this hardship with a front door from which kitchen and forehouse could be entered independently, and by providing the kitchen with its own external rear door.1987, Houses of the North York Moors - Page 80
  • Richard Eltringham of Auckland St Andrew, farmer, had a forehouse or hall with only one chair, one table, two cupboards, along with brass and [...]1990, Joan Thirsk, M. W. Barley, Maurice Willmore Barley, Chapters of The Agrarian History of England and Wales - Page 70:
  • He turned and started toward the forehouse, smiling to himself, rather surprised at the ease with which he had adapted to the maritime twenty-four-hour clock.2009, Roger A. Naylor, The Cobra Conspiracy - Page 285:

Forms of forehouse

pluralforehouses

Origin of forehouse

From fore- + house.

Questions about forehouse

What does forehouse mean?
Forehouse means the front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.
How do you use forehouse in a sentence?
Central-lobby-entry houses overcame this hardship with a front door from which kitchen and forehouse could be entered independently, and by providing the kitchen with its own external rear door.
What part of speech is forehouse?
Forehouse is a noun.
What is the plural of forehouse?
The plural of forehouse is forehouses.

Words near forehouse in the dictionary

  1. forehook
  2. forehooks
  3. forehooves
  4. forehorse
  5. forehorses
  6. forehouse
  7. forehouses
  8. foreign
  9. foreign accent syndrome
  10. foreign accent syndromes
  11. foreign affairs

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