= vestibule, n. 1. Cf. vestry, n.1 1b. Obsolete. rare.

The yard or court in front of a building.

The court or enclosed space in front of a building, the first or outer court. spec. the petrol-dispensing part of a filling-station.

In reference to ancient times: The enclosed or partially enclosed space in front of the main entrance of a Roman or Greek house or building; an…

= fore-yard, n.1

An outer courtyard; a courtyard forming an entrance.

= vestibule, n. 1.

A piece of ground between the front of a house and the road or street; a forecourt, a front garden. Now dialect only.

In form front court. A courtyard in front of a building; the foremost part of a courtyard.

In western and central Eastern Polynesia: a raised stone platform extending beneath and around a house or other building; (also) a paved area or…