Look up: Port-cochere

1. Port-cochere
   a porch wide enough to admit a vehicle, and give shelter to anyone alighting from it.
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2. porte cochere
   in Western architecture, either of two elements found in large public and private buildings, popular in the Renaissance. A porte cochere, as the ...
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3. Porte-Cochere
   In architecture a porte-cochere is a large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. The name is also given to a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
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4. porte-cochere
   [n] - a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard 2. [n] - canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
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5. porte-cochere
   a covered entrance to a building into which coaches can be driven
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6. Porte-cochère
   Porte'-co`chère' noun [ French See Port a gate, and Coach .] (Architecture) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-c...
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7. porte-cochere
   noun canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
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8. Porte-cochere
   • (n.) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
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