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porte cochères

porte cochères is the plural 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 cochères

alternative formporte cocheres
alternative formporte-cocheres
alternative formporte-cochères

Questions about porte cochères

What is porte cochères the plural of?
Porte cochères is the plural of porte cochère.

Words near porte cochères in the dictionary

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

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