porte-cochere port duty • porteous roll · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · porte-cochere · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles. · · Noun Definition 2 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074