porte-coch[`e]re

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Porte-cochere \Porte"-co`ch[`e]re"\, n. [F. See Port a gate, and Coach.] (Arch.) 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-coch[`e]re. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door. [1913 Webster]

Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.]

1.That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage.— 1. Sam. xvii. 22.[1913 Webster]

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem.— Acts. xxi. 15.[1913 Webster]

2.The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. [1913 Webster]

Nine days employed in carriage.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]

3.The price or expense of carrying. [1913 Webster]

4.That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage. [1913 Webster]

5.The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. [1913 Webster]

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.— Stirling.[1913 Webster]

6.The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. [1913 Webster]

The passage and whole carriage of this action.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.

Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-coch[`e]re. [1913 Webster]