A stair or stairway located at the front or entrance of a building.
From 'fore-' + 'stair' (Old English 'stægr'). The compound describes the functional location of stairs used as the primary entry to a structure.
Medieval and Tudor houses had forestair as a status symbol—the more ornate your front stairs, the wealthier and more important you were to your community.
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