[f. FRONT sb. + STEAD sb.] A piece of ground between the front of a house and the road or street; a fore-court, a front garden. Now dial. only.
1688. Depos. Cast. York (Surtees), 285. He would make a bonefire upon his owne frontstead let Mr. Mayor doe what he would.
1769. Aclome Inclos, Act, 11. Houses, frontsteads, garths, gardens, and orchards.
1825. Brighton Commissioners Act, § 76.
1876. Whitby Gloss., Frontstead, a front site in the line of a street.
