Forestage

Quick meaning: Forestage is a noun meaning The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.

Meaning

The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.

More Meanings

1. A preliminary or developmental stage.
2. (theater) To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage.
3. (by extension) To make prominent; to bring into focus.
4. (UK, law, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
5. (UK, law, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king.
6. (obsolete) Forecastle.

Example Sentences

Another letter of 1462 also mentions 'great forestages out of Spain'.

Ships of Forecastle were ships with Forestages, and carried about 150 men each ; they were the largest ships then in use.

The oldest have single-decked and open forestages and the hulls are clinker-built for the characteristic nail pattern is shown; the planks are short.

The formation of exogenous uric acid is largely within our power; the amount can be diminished by limiting the forestages of uric acid-nucleins and purin derivatives—in the food.

Word Forms

• forestages
• forestaging
• forestaged

Synonyms for forestage

Depending on context, synonyms include proscenium.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proscenium, forescreen, forelook, foreposition, forespace, forebuilding.

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