Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the gallery of the Old Vic Theatre, London.

1909

J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.

2. (Aus./US) a pot belly.

1905		T.A. Dorgan in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 134: The old boys with the big fronts who take boxing lessons to reduce the veranda.
1992		K. Lette Llama Parlour 12: Aussie blokes, those without Brewer’s Droop and verandas over their toyshops may be bronzed and blond [...] but they are also emotional bonsai.