front foot
noun
a foot measured along the front of a lot.
Origin of front foot
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Words nearby front foot
front burner,
front burner, on a,
front court,
front dive,
front door,
front foot,
front four,
front line,
front list,
front load,
front loader
Example sentences from the Web for front foot
When the work began the front-foot value at the northern end was double that at Market Street.
A Backward Glance at Eighty |Charles A. MurdockThen we all jumped up, and sure enough there was poor old Spot in the trap by one front-foot.
Tales from the X-bar Horse Camp |Will C. Barnes