A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. (Arch.)
The graceless Helen in the porch I spied
Of Vesta's temple.
A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.]
Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us.
Phrases & Compounds
The Porch
a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]