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

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