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porte-cochere

porte-cochere is the alternative form of porte cochère.

Meaning of porte cochère

Noun

porte cochère (plural porte cochères or portes cochères)

  1. (historical) A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard.
    • We had admirable Noſes to ſmell out proper Places, and your Houſes with Porte-Cocheres were ſure to have enough of our Company.1708, Mateo Aleman, chapter III, in [anonymous], transl., The Life of Guzman d’Alfarache: Or, The Spanish Rogue. […], volume I, London: […] R. Bonwick, […], →OCLC, part I, book III, page 400
  2. A porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building which a vehicle can stop in or under to allow passengers to embark or disembark without being affected by bad weather.
    • Near-synonym: carport (not always differentiated)
    Synonyms:
    carport

Forms of porte-cochere

pluralporte-cocheres
pluralportes-cocheres

Questions about porte-cochere

What is porte-cochere the alternative form of?
Porte-cochere is the alternative form of porte cochère.

Words near porte-cochere in the dictionary

  1. portcullisses
  2. Porte
  3. porte cochere
  4. porte cochère
  5. porte cochères
  6. porte-cochere
  7. porte-cocheres
  8. porte-cochère
  9. porte-crayon
  10. porte-crayons
  11. porte-monnaie

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