sleeping porch

American  

noun

1. a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.

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Etymology

Origin of sleeping porch

First recorded in 1880–85

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sleeping porch

With faux Tudor or Federal features, the three-level homes were 18 to 20 feet wide with three bedrooms, one bathroom and a summer sleeping porch.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021

“A sleeping porch is not that different from a sunroom or an enclosed porch,” said Richard Bubnowski, an architect in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

It was originally a two-bedroom house; today a downstairs den and the enclosed upper-level sleeping porch account for the total of four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2019

Completely updated gourmet kitchen and butler’s pantry; luxury bath appointments, cedar closets, sleeping porch.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2016

The Hulls believed in fresh air, so they had a sleeping porch where the whole family slept, winter and summer, with the windows wide open around three sides of the room.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz