forestage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the part of a stage in front of the curtain; the apron

   The actor stepped onto the forestage to deliver his soliloquy.

A compound of fore- ('front') and stage (from Old French estage 'position, story', from Vulgar Latin *staticum, from Latin stare 'to stand'), denoting the part of a stage in front of the curtain.

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