Fromnew- +front.
new-front (third-person singular simple presentnew-fronts,present participlenew-fronting,simple past and past participlenew-fronted)
- (ambitransitive, archaic) Toput anewfront on, orreceive a new front.
1748, Samuel Richardson,Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady:[…] and yet the house where he had lodgings wasnew-fronting, and not in condition to receive him: but he could go to his friend Belford's, in Soho;[…]
1835,Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales:[…] repairing andnew-fronting the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen to improve one of the entrances[…]
