porte-cochere
- n a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
- n canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
- Mustang after Mustang rolled down the Avenue of the Stars and up the gently curving driveway, past a sparkling fountain, to halt beneath the porte-cochere.
- Looking like a gigantic porte-cochere at first glance, the four-story Arts Center serves visually as a gateway to the campus.
- The only practical alternative to the planned new gatehouse was to enclose the portico or porte-cochere.