1) Architectural term 2) Architecture term 3) Architecture word 4) Architectural word 5) French word used in English 1) Architectural element 
A porte-cochère (ɛər), coach gate or carriage porch is a porch- or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather. The porte-cochère was a feature of many late 18th- and 19th-century ...
• (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.
in Western architecture, either of two elements found in large public and private buildings, popular in the Renaissance. A porte cochere, as the ...
a covered entrance to a building into which coaches can be driven
Porch roof projecting over a driveway.
Porch roof projecting over a driveway 
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-cochère . Also, a porch over a driveway before...
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.
[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
noun canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles