Porch

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A portico; a covered walk.

II. Porch ·noun 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.