porte cochere

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A porch-like roof extending over a driveway
A covered entrance for the passage of vehicles
A roofed structure extending from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway to shelter those getting into or out of vehicles
(French: "coach door") Passageway through a building, or gateway in an outer wall, designed to let vehicles pass from the street to an interior courtyard. Such gateways are common features of homes and palaces built in the grand style of Louis XIV and Louis XV. The term also applies to a roofed structure extending from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway
porte cochère
An open-walled roof over a driveway next to the entrance of a building, to shield embarking and disembarking vehicle passengers from the weather
porte-cochere
canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
porte cochere
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