carport
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Near-synonym: porte cochère (not always differentiated)
Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.
Carport
наве́с для автомоби́ляnavés dlja avtomobílja
- garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
Translations
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Origin
From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on thFrom car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).
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