Category:Porch

Porch, n. Etym: [f. porche, l. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, Or passage. See port a gate, and cf. Portico.]

1. (arch.)

Defn: a covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken From the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main Wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the Porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also carriage Porch, under carriage, and loggia. The graceless helen in the porch i spied of vesta's temple. Dryden.

2. A portico; a covered walk. [obs.] Repair to pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Shak. The porch, a public portico, or great hall, in athens, where zeno, The philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as Equivalent to the school of the stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh Stoa`. [see poicile.]