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ˈfore-room
[f. fore- prefix + room.]
†1. ? The forecastle of a ship. Obs.
c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 101 With..two-handed swords in your fore-rooms. 1589Greene Sp. Masquerado Wks. (Grosart) V. 272 That woorthy Gentleman..valiantly standing in the fore roome deliuered with Cannon his Ambassage to the Enemie.
2. The front room or parlour. Now only U.S.
1728Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. i. i. 32 She has a Couple of clever Girls there a stitching i' th' Fore-room. 1774Foote Cozeners ii. Wks. 1799 II. 174 In the fore-room, up one pair of stairs. 1880E. H. Arr New Eng. Bygones 46 This was the ‘best-room’ or as my grandfather called it, the ‘fore’ room. 1893Boston (Mass.) Youth's Comp. 16 Mar. 140/4 So we went into the fore-room. |