Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forestage \For"est*age\, n. [Cf. F. forestage.] (O. Eng. Law)
   (a) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
   (b) A service paid by foresters to the king.

Source : WordNet®

forestage
     n : the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and
         the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) [syn: {proscenium},
          {apron}]