carport

/ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/

Etymology

From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).

noun

  1. 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.“Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.”