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carriage porch

noun

Definition of carriage porch 

: a roofed structure that extends from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway and that shelters callers as they get in or out of their vehicles

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History and Etymology for carriage porch

probably intended as translation of French porte-cochère

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