Lexic.us

Definition of Porte-cochere

1. Noun. A carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard.

2. Noun. Canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porte-cochere

portapaks portapotties portapotty portas portases portate portation portative portato portcluse

portcluses portcrayon portcrayons portcullis portcullises porte-cochere (current term) porte-monnaie porte cochère porte cochères ported

portegue portegues portemonnaie portend portended portending portends portension portensions portent

Literary usage of Porte-cochere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"The porte cochere is admirably situated ; you drive through it to the stables, concealed by hedges. A pleasing writer in Eraser's Magazine for December last ..."

2. Carpentry and Building (1908)
"Kf'mf of Porte Cochere.—Scale, 1-16 In. to the Foot. Section Through Cellar.—Scale, Details of Outside of Porte Cochere.—Scale, % In. to the Foot. ..."

3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"was posted in another corridor, into which I wandered by mistake ; another stood in the inner court-yard, and another at the porte-cochere. ..."

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