"forebooth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forebooths [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + booth. Compare Scots forebuith. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|booth}} fore- + booth, {{cog|sco|forebuith}} Scots forebuith Head templates: {{en-noun}} forebooth (plural forebooths)
  1. A booth positioned near the front; foreshop
    Sense id: en-forebooth-en-noun-MXl~jIZV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1895, The Scottish Antiquary: Or, Northern Notes & Queries",
          "text": "The instrument concludes with the statement that these things were 'done in the forebooth of the tenement or lodging ….'"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, David Iredale, Discovering Local History",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Ayr and its People",
          "text": "Helen Dunbar had the liferent of this booth (described as a forebooth with a foreshop adjacent) and died about 1605."
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          "ref": "2011, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Face Down o'er the Border",
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