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

Example Sentences

Isolated on a sleeping porch and able to sense his family only when they approached the screen door, he learned to associate the sound of footsteps coming toward him with the imminence of loved ones.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Two fireplaces, gourmet kitchen with custom-made gourmet stove, sleeping porch.

From Washington Times • Feb. 16, 2023

“A sleeping porch oriented to take in prevailing breezes, the path of the sun and the sounds of nature has great power to restore and reinvigorate.”

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

At night lying on the sleeping porch, Andrea and I had often heard women carrying on like this.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz