forecourt

fore·court

F0248700 (fôr′kôrt′)n.1. A courtyard in front of a building.2. Sports The part of a court nearest the net or wall, as in tennis or handball.

forecourt

(ˈfɔːˌkɔːt) n1. a courtyard in front of a building, as one in a filling station2. (Tennis) Also called: front court the front section of the court in tennis, badminton, etc, esp the area between the service line and the net

fore•court

(ˈfɔrˌkɔrt, ˈfoʊrˌkoʊrt)

n. 1. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service. Compare backcourt (def. 2). 2. a courtyard before the entrance to a building or group of buildings. [1525–35]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

forecourt - the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildingscourtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

Translations

cortile anteriorespiazzo