ˈfrontstead
[f. front n. + stead n.]
A piece of ground between the front of a house and the road or street; a fore-court, a front garden. Now dial. only.
| 1688 Depos. Cast. York (Surtees) 285 He would make a bonefire on his own frontstead. 1769 Aclome Inclos. Act 11 Houses, frontsteads, garths, gardens, and orchards. 1825 Brighton Commissioners Act §76. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Frontstead, a front site in the line of a street. |