Proscenium
prəˈsiːniəm
noun
the part of a theater stage in front of the curtain
The proscenium arch has been a prominent feature in traditional theater architecture, framing the stage and separating it from the audience. It is also known as the 'fourth wall' in theatrical terms.
See how James Joyce and J. B. Priestley use "proscenium", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency for juveniles amatory whom the odoriferous flambeaus of the paranymphs have escorted to the quadrupedal proscenium of connubial communion.
James Joyce
Ulysses
On the ceiling and the proscenium were some cracked nymphs and peeling cupids.
J. B. Priestley
The Good Companions