forebooth

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ booth. Compare Scots forebuith.

Noun

forebooth (plural forebooths)

1. A booth positioned near the front; foreshop
   • 1895, The Scottish Antiquary: Or, Northern Notes & Queries:

     The instrument concludes with the statement that these things were 'done in the forebooth of the tenement or lodging [...].'

   • 2003, David Iredale, Discovering Local History:

     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.

   • 2004, Ayr and its People:

     Helen Dunbar had the liferent of this booth (described as a forebooth with a foreshop adjacent) and died about 1605.

   • 2011, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Face Down o'er the Border:

     He also had the forebooth on the south side and the pentice below the outside stairs.