carport
English
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Etymology
car + port, coined by architect Frank Lloyd Wright after French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
carport (plural carports)
- A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]
- Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.
Descendants
- → German: Carport
Translations
roofed structure for automobile storage