'Carriage porch' definitions:

Definition of 'Carriage porch'

From: GCIDE

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.] [1913 Webster]
David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. --1. Sam. xvii. 22. [1913 Webster]
And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi. 15. [1913 Webster]
2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. [1913 Webster]
Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
3. The price or expense of carrying. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. [1913 Webster]
His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. --Stirling. [1913 Webster]
6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. [1913 Webster]
The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]