porte : Idioms & Phrases

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porte-cochere

  • noun a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
  • noun canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
WordNet
Porte"-co`chère" noun (Also<
  • Porte-cochere
  • Porte-cochère
)
Etymology
F. See Port a gate, and Coach.
Definitions
  1. (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-cochère. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
Webster 1913

sublime porte

  • noun the Ottoman court in Constantinople
    Porte.
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