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Dictionary Results for porte-coch[`e]re:

1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
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            David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
            the carriage.                         --1. Sam.
                                                  xvii. 22.
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            And after those days we took up our carriages and
            went up to Jerusalem.                 --Acts. xxi.
                                                  15.
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   2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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            Nine days employed in carriage.       --Chapman.
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   3. The price or expense of carrying.
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   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.
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   5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
      deportment; personal manners.
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            His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
                                                  --Stirling.
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   6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
      management.
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            The passage and whole carriage of this action.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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.
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